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EXTRACT FROM THE ORDINANCES OF LOWELL.
Chapter VIII. — City Documents.
Section 5. All City Documents (except the Rules and Regulations
for the Government of the Police and Fire Departments) shall be printed
in pamphlet form of the size of the Annual Report of the School Committee
Section 6. All City Documents shall be bound together in one vol-
ume, under the direction of the City Clerk, and three or more copies shall be
placed in the City Library, and one copy in the library of the Middlesex
Mechanics' Association, one copy shall be sent to each City of the Common-
wealth, to the library of the Harvard College, the Public Library of Boston,
the State Library, the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, and the Old
Residents' Historical Association of Lowell.
CONTENT
1. Inaugural Address of His Honor, James B. Casey, Mayor, to the City
Council, January, 1905.
2. Municipal Register, containing Rules and Orders of the City Council, and a
list of the Government and Officers of the City of Lowell for 1905.
3. Seventy-Ninth Annual Report of the School Committee of Lowell, together
with Forty-First Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools, 1904.
v 4. Auditor's Sixty-Ninth Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of
the City of Lowell, together with the Treasurer's Account, and the
Account of the Commissioners of Sinking Fund, for the financial year
ending December 31, 1904.
5.' Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Lowell Water Board, and Reports of the
Superintendent of Water Works and the City Engineer to the Water
Board for 1904.
6. Report of the Committee on Appropriations, 1905.
7. Report of the Overseers of the Poor, with the accompanying papers, 1904.
8. Reports of the Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1904.
9. Report of the Board of Health, 1904.
IO. Report of Superintendent of Streets, 1904.
11. Report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, 1904.
12. Report of the Superintendent of Street Lights, 1904.
13. Report of Board of Police for the year ending May, 1905.
14. Park Commissioners, First Annual Report, December 31, 1904.
15. Report of the Trustees of the City Library for 1904.
16. Report of the City Solicitor for the year ending i904-'o5.
17. Report of Inspector of Wires for the year ending February I, 1905.
18. List of Jurors for the year 1905.
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Gentlemen of the City Council: —
The dawn of a new year witnesses the birth of a
new city government. Upon you, the chosen representa-
tives of our citizens, is dependent the successful adminis-
tration of municipal affairs for the present year. The
responsibilities of your position call for your best efforts
and to be ever mindful that the interests of the city
must be your first consideration, irrespective of party,
friends or personal inclinations. Your oath of office is
not an idle one, — one to be thought of to-day and forgot-
ten to-morrow. Every man sworn to the faithful per-
formance of a public trust knows when he is doing" right
and when he is doing wrong — the people also know, and
are quick to reward faithful and conscientious public
service.
It should be our aim to provide an honest, economi-
cal and conservative administration. The public servant
who is more solicitious for his personal interests than he
is for those of the city is soon singled out, and his ca-
reer is short. Let your oath of office be your guidance
upon all public questions. Dare to do that which you
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think is right, regardless of whom it hits. Remember
that human nature is more or less selfish, that the man
with a proposition to advance for his personal interests,
cannot always see the line between public duty and the
duty he expects you to perform for him. Point it out,
however, and have the courage to say "no" when "no"
should be said.
Upon the wisdom and care exercised by you depends
the prosperity of the community. There is not an act of
your administration that will not directly affect every
man, woman and child in the city. I have confidence
that you gentlemen of the city council will perform your
duties fearlessly and honestly, that you will be actuated
by a purpose to give to our citizens the best service
possible. Remember that the searchlight of publicity is
upon you, that your official acts will be known and that
you will be judged by those acts.
TAXATION.
The most vital question for your consideration, a
question that is interwoven with every other question, is
that of the tax rate. No other matter occupies so much
of the thought and attention of municipal bodies. It is a
problem which interests all citizens, and will continue to
interest them while governments exist. The tax collect-
or always has been regarded with unkindly feelings,
sometimes with just cause, owing to the heavy burdens
imposed upon the people. Unjust and unwarrantable
taxation causes a storm of public indignation, and no
reckless or extravagant legislative body can escape this
condemnation.
MAYOR S ADDRESS 5
The tax rate of Lowell is too high. The people
want a reduction — a good and substantial reduction.
This can only be secured by careful control of expendi-
tures by successive administrations. The tax rate is
regulated by the expenditures of the departments to
which money is assigned by your votes. In apportioning
the amount for each department the committee on appro-
priations plays an important part. In selecting this
committee I urge you to place upon it men who will
exercise the greatest care, and keep the department
estimates down to the lowest figure consistent with the
needs of each department. A niggardly policy is not
desirable, but the people do expect a curtailment of un-
necessary expenditures and an abstention from making
loans for current expenses.
For some years it has been customary to make
"blanket" loans in December to enable various depart-
ments to continue in running order. Some heads of
departments expect these loans each year and this has a
tendency to make them reckless in the handling of the
people's money, because they feel that the city council
will come to the department's relief in the closing days
of the year. This method only adds to the large debt of
the city by making an extra amount of annual interest
and the payment of instalments of the city debt. Make
it clearly understood that the amounts appropriated are
for the entire year and that no further money will be
allowed, unless in cases of exceptional exigency, or be-
cause of some public calamity.
The reduction of the city debt always should be
kept in mind. There is a limit beyond which the city
cannot go. Do not be satisfied if you keep within the
limit, but try to keep as far as possible from it. • The
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farther we are from the limit the greater will be the
borrowing- capacity of the city. The greater the borrow-
ing capacity, the better we are prepared to cope with
any emergency which may arise, and to do so without
asking legislative permission to borrow beyond the limit
established by law.
A municipal corporation should be conducted on the
same general principles as a business corporation as far
as economy of expenditures and proper returns for
every dollar expended. A municipal corporation is a
social system, organized because man is dependent upon
his fellow men. By co-operation the individual receives
advantages for himself or his family, he has good
streets, police and fire protection, and schools for his
children. For these he pays a share proportionate to
his wealth. His share of the expense is made out on his
annual tax bill. If he receives a proper return for his
assessment he is satisfied, if he does not he wants a
lower assessment, lower taxes.
The act of incorporation of a municipality is not in
itself an asset. The city charter must be backed up by
something more substantial than the paper it is printed
or written upon. Money is not loaned on paper but what
the paper represents. Back of every note or bond issue
stand the people of Lowell. The property or wealth
accumulated by the people is the pledge which backs up
every financial obligation assumed by vote of the city
council. Every dollar borrowed by the city, every dollar
owed by the city is a mortgage upon every home and
every business enterprise. High taxes work an especial
hardship on the small property owner, and the annual
tax bill adds to his financial burdens. High taxes
mean higher rents and higher prices for the necessaries
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of life. High taxes will demoralize business, paralyze
our industries and prevent Lowell from taking- a higher
place among live and progressive communities.
You want to see Lowell go forward, not backward.
Do your share. Courageously face the problem of taxa-
tion, concentrate your efforts towards a reduction of the
city debt, systematically regulate expenditures, exercise
a watchful supervision over the city's business, and give
an administration that will be an example and a guide for
succeeding ones to- follow.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Ordinary City Debt Jan. 1, 1904 $2,408,756.79
Borrowed during 1904 254,414.00
Total $2,663,170.79
Paid during 1904 345,790.79
Total ordinary City Debt Dec. 31, 1904... $2,317,380.00
Water Debt Jan. 1, 1904 $1,183,900.00
Paid in 1904 21,600.00
$1,162,300.00
Total City Debt Dec. 31, 1904 $3,479,680.00
Deduct Water Loans $1,162,300.00
" amount exempted by Legislature.. 800,000.00
$1,962,300.00
• • $1,517,380.00
Limit of Municipal Debt for 1905, iy 2 per
cent of average valuation for last three
years $1,790,038.40
City Debt which relates to limit Dec.
31, 1904 1,517,380.00
Distance from limit Dec. 31, 1904 ^272,658.40
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Total city valuation, 1904 $71,614,907.00
Divided as follows:
Personal $14,841,767.00
Real Estate $56,773,140.00
Assessed Polls, 1904 25,555
Increase 996
SINKING FUNDS.
Full value of all sinking funds Jan. 1, 1905 $650,447.62
Full value of all sinking funds Jan. 1, 1904 659,215.25
Decrease during the year 1904. .•. $8,767.63
Value of Water Loan Sinking Funds Jan. 1, 1905 $406,430.22
Value of Water Loan Sinking Funds Jan. 1, 1904 373,505.74
Increase during the 3^ear 1904 : $32,924.48
Value of all other Sinking Funds Jan. 1, 1905 $244,017.40
Value of all other Sinking Funds Jan. 1, 1904 285,709.51
Decrease during the year 1904 $41,692.11
Total decrease as above $8,767.63
Value of the Hapgood Wright Centennial Trust Fund Jan.
1, 1905 $3,268.93
Value of the Hapgood Wright Centennial Trust Fund Jan.
1, 1904 3,143.24
Increase during the year 1904 $125.69
During the year the Extension of Rogers Fort Hill Park Sinking
Fund has been closed.
HUNTINGTON HALL.
A question that will confront the city council at once
is the disposition of the Hunting-ton Hall problem. The
hall has been destroyed by fire twice within a period of
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about seven years. The first fire occurred December
13, 1897. The hall was rebuilt immediately, and again
destroyed by fire November 6, 1904. It would seem
to be unwise for the city to again enter into an agree-
ment with the Boston and Maine Railroad for the
rebuilding- of Huntington Hall. It is my belief that the
citizens should have a public hall, and I recommend that
the city council immediately appoint a committee to give
the matter careful consideration.
The question of the abolition of the railroad station
in connection with the hall is also a matter for your
consideration. If the station were abolished a deed of
the land might be obtained from the Boston and Maine
Railroad, and the hall rebuilt on the present site. The
initiative in this matter must be taken, however, by the
city in the form of a petition to the General Court. The
railroad has no voice in the disposition of this question,
being obliged to maintain the station unless otherwise
ordered by the Legislature, upon petition of the citi-
zens of Lowell. If this station were abolished it would
remedy the congestion of travel on the easterly side of
the Middlesex Street Station. The tracks could be taken
up on the Thorndike and Middlesex Street Crossings,
and an entrance to the station provided from Thorndike
Street, which would eliminate much of the congestion on
Middlesex Street, fronting the station. The freight
trains could be made up on the abandoned tracks of the
old Boston and Maine freight yard, sent down to
Western Avenue and along Dutton Street to the mills;
and the great inconvenience of making up freight trains
across our principal streets would be avoided. This
question is one that should be given much attention.
The abandonment of the Merrimack Street Station would
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bring- about relief to travel at those points where trains
are constantly crossing- and recrossing-. If, however, the
sentiment of our citizens is opposed to such a chang-e,
and they feel that the present station is indispensable,
then I would urg-e you to take immediate steps to have
the station rebuilt.
I simply present these different phases of the Hunt-
ing-ton Hall matter for your consideration, and feel that
you will be able to bring about a satisfactory solution of
the same.
JUNKETS.
A matter that seems decidedly wrong- and unfair to
the citizens is the failure to restrict heads of depart-
ments, boards and commissions voting themselves junk-
ets from appropriations given to their departments. At
times it is desirable, and a benefit to the city, that pub-
lic officials be allowed to visit other cities to obtain spe-
cial information, yet I question if department appropria-
tions are available for such purposes without some su-
pervising- restrictions. Criticism is directed against a
city council committee if, in the acquisition of special in-
formation upon a subject under consideration, they feel
it necessary to visit other cities; and the privilege is de-
nied such a committee unless on approval by the mayor.
I would advise that restrictions be placed upon the
different departments, which could be done by enactment
of a proper ordinance.
MAYOR *S ADDRESS ll
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
The school department is the largest into which the
work of the city is divided. It is also by general con-
sent the most important, since the welfare, training- and
education of the children and youth of the city must al-
ways hold a place second to no other in the estimation
of an intelligent public. The school system consists of
59 schools in 55 separate buildings, with 289 school-rooms
in actual use. Its enrollment of pupils in the year just
passed was 12,223, and the number at present is 10,840
in day schools, 2200 in high and elementary evening
schools and 200 in the evening drawing and art schools.
To care for these pupils the city employs 296 elected
teachers for day schools, 174 for evening schools and 24
for evening drawing and art schools. The sum appro-
priated for the use of all classes of schools in 1904 was
$300,000, and while the last figures for expenses are not
all in as yet the department will live within its appro-
priation.
There is no denying that the expenses of the school
department have increased faster in recent 3'ears than
have the pupils. In the last ten years pupils in day
schools have increased from 8,868 to 10,840, a gain of
only a little over 22 per cent, while expenditures have in-
creased from $230,000 to $300,000, a gain of 30 per cent.
Modern times demand modern methods and equipments.
Improved systems of ventilation require more coal and
more janitors; the Kindergarten for children under five
years of age is expensive, but the people demand it, and
are, for the most part, willing to pay for it; commercial
courses and manual training in the High School increase
cost very largely, but they are of unquestioned value
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and no one would think of dropping- them or of impair-
ing" their efficiency. In fact the public never complains
of money spent on education provided that expenditures
are judicious and appropriate. That expenses shall be
judicious and appropriate is the proper demand of the
public upon the school committee.
NEW SCHOOLS.
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A question for your immediate attention is the build-
ing of new schools. Two years ago a site was pur-
chased for a new grammar school in the Centralville
district. It is imperative that this matter >be taken up
at once as no one denies that increased educational facili-
ties should be provided in that section. The failure of
last year's city council to provide an appropriation for
the school was caused by lack of harmony, and a con-
nection of views upon the kind of a school needed, I
trust that your honorable body will so act that work
may be started at an early date.
Increased school accommodations in the Highland
district should be considered. Last year a temporary
wooden addition was built to the present school. This
is not satisfactory and better accommodations should be
provided.
The old pitched roof of the Green School is badly in
need of repairs and to make these repairs it will cost
$1500. I would suggest that instead of repairing the roof
it be removed and another story added which would
provide two additional rooms and an assembly hall.
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PARK COMMISSION.
In the nearly two years of its existence the Park
Commission has performed excellent work in the man-
agement of our park system. I especially commend the
commission for the faithful and conscientious service
they have rendered. I look forward to a continuance of
such good work, which brings about an improvement in
our public parks.
In a city like Lowell too much attention cannot be
given to our public breathing places where our citizens
can enjoy freedom and recreation that only such places
can provide. I recommend for your consideration a small
appropriation to enable the commission to install athletic
apparatus on the commons, and afford an opportunity for
young men to secure physical developement. Such an
addition to our park system I believe to be in the line of
municipal progressiveness.
J. would call attention to the desirability of acquiring
the small tract of land fronting on Pawtucket and New
Moody Streets, to be fitted up for a park, which can be
done at small expense, and made an improvement to that
section of the city.
As a means of providing safe and healthy exercise
for young people, I recommend that the Park Commis-
sion be enabled to furnish suitable skating- surfaces on
the North and South commons during the winter months.
There are many vacant lots which also could be flooded
for the same purpose with the consent of the owners.
That these skating parks would be appreciated is evi-
denced by the large number of young people who derive
great pleasure at the city ledge on Fletcher and Bowers
Streets where the street department maintains a surface
for skating.
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BUILDING ORDINANCE.
I urge upon the city council the imperative necessity
of adopting" a safe and suitable building- ordinance. It is
strange that this matter has been neglected by past city
councils. Our present building regulations are antiquat-
ed, and there is practically no local supervision over the
construction of buildings. The superintendent of pub-
lic buildings is powerless, in many instances, to pre-
vent evils that now exist in the construction of buildings.
It is a fact that some building are so poorly construct-
ed that a strong wind threatens demolition.
I would suggest that a committee be appointed im-
mediately to give this matter consideration, and that if
an ordinance is reported that it not be pigeon-holed. It
might be advisable to have an architect to assist the
committee, and perhaps, a committee from the Master
Builders whose advice and judgment would be valuable.
CLEAN POLITICS.
It is a lamentable fact that there is a growing ten-
dency among certain salaried officials to interfere too
prominently in the various political conditions that arise.
This form of interference is oftentimes widespread and
has a demoralizing effect upon clean and progressive mu-
nicipal government. No public official has the right to
use his office for the purpose of intimidating, or co-
ercing any subordinate employe to do his bidding. A
man employed by a department gives his service for the
compensation he receives and is entitled to freedom of
political convictions. A public official has no right to in-
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terfere with any man eng-ag-ed in business, to the extent
of intimating- that if he would bask in the sunshine of of-
ficial favor he must, with complaisance*, do as he is told.
There is altogether too much of this political coercion
existing- in the City of Lowell, and it must stop. A man
elected or appointed to public office has certain pre-
scribed duties to perform, and if he places a different in-
terpretation upon them to the extent that he uses the
office for his personal ag-grandizement, and to the detri-
ment of the city's interest, then he is unfaithful to the
trust imposed upon him, and unfit to continue long-er in
the public service. If it comes within my observation
that a public official is using- his office to promote his
own political power, which can only be done at the ex-
pense of the city's welfare, I will consider it cause to
relieve him of the responsibilities of his office and I will
do so promptly, subject to your approval.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The manag-ement and control of the street and sewer
departments are of the utmost importance. These de-
partments spend many thousands of dollars annually
and demand a high standard of efficiency and energy
from those in charge. There is a growing- belief that
these departments should be taken out of politics and
placed on a more business-like plan. Constant ag-itation
by those desiring- to secure control of the departments
has a demoralizing- effect and works great injury. Under
existing- conditions a g-ood superintendent is turned out
of office as quickly as a bad one, and consequently there
exists no incentive for a superintendent to fearlessly per-
form the duties of the office.
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As a remedy for this condition of affairs I would
recommend the establishment of a board of public works,
consisting- of three citizens to be elected by the. people,
the term of office to be three years, the city civil en-
gineer to be a member, ex-officio, in an advisory capacity.
This board should have absolute control over the man-
agement of streets, sewers and bridges. To my mind
this method would allow a permanent and systematic
laying out of work each year, more work could be ac-
complished, and a superintendent would know that his
position depended upon the ability and the competency
displayed. Men employed in the department would be
assured of steady employment. Each year this board
could present to the city council its recommendations for
the work to be done during the year, and appropriations
could be made based upon the estimates presented. In
this manner the department could live within its appro-
priation, the superintendent could go ahead knowing what
work was to be done; and all sections of the city would
receive systematic improvements. If this recommenda-
tion meets with your approval I would suggest that a
committee be appointed to present to the General Court
the draft of an amendment to our charter, with a clause
that the referendum be attached to the act so that the
people can pass judgment upon it.
STREET DEPARTMENT.
For the paving of heavily traveled streets I would
recommend the use of granite blocks, of uniform size,
laid on a concrete base and filled in with pitch tar
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and crushed stone. This kind of paving- seems to be the
most permanent and desirable that can be used. This
paving- can be laid by our own city employees without
importation of outside labor.
Owing" to the extensive use of concrete for sidewalks
a municipal concrete plant would seem to be a necessity.
It can be established for about $1000 and will save the
city large sums annually.
The almost yearly replanking of Central bridge is a
source of annoyance and extravagance which could be
avoided by laying - some kind of permanent paving, pro-
vided the bridg-e can sustain it.
I recommend that trap rock be used for the surfac-
ing of much traveled streets. In the near future the
city will be called upon to provide stone for the macadam-
izing- of streets, as the Carney Ledg-e, so called, in
Moody Street will hardly last another season; and, unless
it is proposed to sink the Fletcher Street ledg-e to a low-
er level than at present, the city will be without proper
material for macadamizing-,
I sug-g-est a continuance of resetting- edg-estones and
repaving- sidewalks in a manner to bring" them up to
date.
BAND CONCERTS.
I recommend that $700 be set aside at the beginning
of the year for municipal band concerts during- the sum-
mer months. It mig-ht be advisable to have several con-
certs on the common on Thursday afternoons so as to
give women and children an opportunity to enjoy them,
they, perhaps, finding it inconvenient to attend evening
concerts.
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NEW INDUSTRIES.
Lowell always has been noted as a manufacturing-
center. This is a desirable condition for any community,
as the success of industrial enterprises means the success
of the place in which they are located. Our city has
made steady progress along industrial lines, but with our
unexcelled advantages there is room for further growth.
Every new enterprise will add to the taxable, property of
the city, will open a wider field for the employment of
labor, place more money in circulation, benefit our mer-
chants and owners of real estate, and add to the general
prosperity of the city.
No enterprise, however small, should be ignored.
Any business that gives employment at good wag-es
should be encourag-ed. The city council should take an
active interest in securing- new industries for Lowell, and
it was for this purpose the committee on industries was
formed. This committee can be made a most important
one and I urge the members of it to make efforts to add
to our manufacturing- enterprises. I shall do all I can to
induce manufacturers to locate here and in doing- so will
act in hearty co-operation with the committee on industries.
BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
The care of the poor, the providing of relief for the
sick and infirm who are unable to care for themselves, is
a condition that confronts every municipality. That too
much politics is injected into this department, that greater
retrenchment and economy in expenditures could be se-
cured, and that those in charge are hampered in the per
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formance of their duties are conditions known to exist. I
do not criticize the present overseers of the poor, but
condemn the system that allows so much abuse of this
department and so many evils to exist. If there is a de-
partment that should be removed from political influence
it is certainly this department, and yet we find a far
different condition of affairs existing - .
I recommend the abolition of the board of overseers
of the poor, and the creation of a board of three citizens
of unquestioned integrity and honesty to be appointed by
the mayor, with a tenure of office of not less than three
years, they to have entire control and care of the pauper
department. This change would bring about a reduction
in expenditures, ensure a higher standard of efficiency
and eliminate the baneful effects of changing political
conditions. The officials in charge could perform their
duties fearlessly and exercise their judgment to the
betterment of the condition of the poor entrusted to their
care. If this recommendation meets with your approval,
I would suggest that in the act to be presented to the
General Court, the referendum be attached.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion let me say to you, Gentlemen of the
city Government, that the greater responsibility rests up-
on you to meet the many questions that will arise during
the year. Remember well the solemn oath you have just
taken to perform you duties to the best of your know-
ledge and ability.
As chief executive of the city I will gladly and will-
ingly co-operate with you in your efforts to do what is
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best for the interests of the city. Let us try to make a
greater and a better Lowell. Let us be progressive and
up-to-date. Remember that the very foundation of all
government is today and always will be, "the greatest
good to the greatest number."
Let there be no favoritism, treat all citizens and in-
terests squarely and alike and if we do this I do not
fear, and gentlemen you need not fear, when your term
of office shall have ended but what our fellow T citizens will
say that we tried faithfully to do our full duty to our
beloved citv that is so near and dear to us all.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
CONTAINING
RULES AND ORDERS
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
AND A LIST OF THE
I Hi OFFiGERS Of lit till Of LOWELL
1905.
LOWELL MASS.
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JOINT RILES HI ORDERS Of IHE CITY GOUNGIL
i. In the month of January, and not later than the sec-
ond regular meeting after organization of each branch of the
City Council, joint standing committees shall be appointed
as follows :
A Committee on Claims.
A Committee on Education.
A Committee on Fire Department.
A Committee on Lands and Buildings.
A Committee on Military Affairs.
A Committee on Ordinances and Legislation.
A Committee on Printing.
A Committee on Streets.
A Committee on Commons.
A Committee on Industries.
Each committee shall consist of two Aldermen and three
members of the Common Council, except the Committee on
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Streets, which shall consist of two Aldermen and five mem-
bers of the Common Council.
2. Each board shall, in such manner as it may deter-
mine, select its own members for any joint committee.
3. In all joint standing committees, except that on
Finance, the , member first named in the Board of Aldermen
shall be chairman ; on the Committee on Finance, the mem-
ber first named in the Common Council shall be chairman ;
and in all joint special committees, the member first named
in the board where the business originates shall be chairman,
and shall call the committee together.
4. Reports of committees shall be -made to the board
first meeting after such reports are prepared and signed.
5. No committee shall act by separate consultation, and
no report shall be received unless agreed to in committee
actually assembled.
6. It shall be the duty of every joint committee (the
Committee on Streets excepted) to whom any subject may
be specially referred, to report thereon within five weeks, or
ask for further time.
7. The by-laws of the city shall be termed ordinances;
the enacting clause of which shall be — Be it ordained by the-
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City Council of the City of Lowell, as follows : In all votes
by which either or both branches of the City Council express
anything by command, the form of expression shall be,
Ordered, and whenever either or both branches express
opinions, principles, facts or purposes, the form shall be,
Resolved.
8. An ordinance may originate in either board, and
shall be considered in three several stages. It shall first be
read for information, and the question shall then be on order-
ing it to the Joint Standing Committee on Ordinances and
Legislation, and then sent to the other branch for concur-
rence. When reported back, the recommendations of the
committee shall first be acted on. If it shall then be ordered
to a second reading, it shall next be examined by a standing
committee of that board, who shall see that it is drawn in
proper form. When returned by such committee, the ques-
tion shall be on ordering it to be enrolled. If so ordered, it
shall then be sent to 'the other board, where the same order
of proceedings shall be observed. When it has been ordered
by both branches to be enrolled, it shall be enrolled by the
Clerk of the Common Council, and shall be by him submit-
ted to the proper committee of that board to ascertain if it
has been correctly enrolled. If so reported, the question
shall be on passing it to be ordained. If it shall so pass, it
shall be signed by the President of the Common Council, and
be sent to the Board of Aldermen, where it shall take a like
course. If passed to be ordained in that board, it shall be
signed by the Chairman of the Board of Aldermen and sent
to the mayor for his approval.
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9. An ordinance may be rejected in any stage, but may
not pass through all its stages in the same day. Each board
shall transmit to the other all papers on which any ordinance,
joint resolution, or order shall be founded ; and all papers
on their passage between the two boards, shall be under the
signature of their respective clerks, except ordinances and
joint resolutions in their last stage, which shall be signed by
the presiding officers. If papers come before either board
which have been duly acted upon in the other board, the
presiding officer shall so state without reading the endorse-
ments of the clerk, unless the latter are called for.
10. All enrolled ordinances shall be written in a fair
and legible hand, or typewritten, provided a permanent rec-
ord ribbon is used, without interlineations or erasures, and
no enrolled ordinance or resolution shall be amended.
11. Every joint resolution shall be read in the board in
which it is introduced, and the question shall be upon order-
ing it to a second reading. If so ordered, the question shall
then be upon its passage. If passed, it shall be sent to the
other board, where the order of proceeding shall be the same.
When passed by both boards, the resolution shall be present-
ed to the Mayor for his approval, and when the same shall
be in force, shall be enrolled by the clerk of the Common
Council, and when found correctly enrolled as provided in
the case of an ordinance, it shall be signed by the President
of the Common Council and the Chairman of the Board of
Aldermen, and be presented to the Mayor for his signature if
he approved the original.
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12. Joint orders shall require but one reading, and
when adopted, shall be sent to the Mayor for his approval,
except when they relate to a question of a convention of the
two branches, or the election of any officer.
13. When either board does not concur with the other
in any ordinance or resolution sent from the other, notice of
such non-concurrence shall be given by a written message.
14. In any case of non-concurrence, each board may
appoint a Committee of Conference. Such committee shall
consist, in each case, of three members who support the vote
of their own board. These two committees may meet jointly
or separately, and a majority of each shall decide its action.
15. All reports and other papers submitted to the City
Council shall be written in a fair hand, or typewritten, pro-
vided a permanent record ribbon is used, without endorse-
ment, except in case of the introduction of an order or resolu-
tion. In such a case the member introducing an order or
resolution shall subscribe his name at the bottom of the back
of the same. All other endorsements upon the back of
papers shall be made by the clerk ; and the clerks of the
boards respectively, shall, on seasonable notice, make copies
of any papers to be reported by committees, at the request of
the respective chairmen thereof.
16. No business shall be transacted by the City Council
in convention, except such as shall have been previously
agreed on, unless by unanimous consent.
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17. In balloting in joint convention, blanks shall be
reported but not counted as votes.
18. When both boards are in session at the same time,
neither shall adjourn without giving notice to the other of its
intention.
19. All petitions, reports, or other papers of whatever
description, relating to business requiring the concurrent ac-
tion of both boards of the City Council, shall be submitted
by committees to the clerk of each board at least twenty-four
hours before the time of meeting of either board, and the
clerk of each board shall prepare a brief synopsis of all mat-
ters to be acted upon, and place the same on the desk of each
member of the City Council prior to the hour of opening the
meeting. No reports or orders not previously furnished as
herein described, shall be considered in either branch unless
two-thirds of the members present consent thereto.
20. These rules may be suspended for a specific pur-
pose, or amended, whenever twenty-four members of a joint
convention of the two branches shall so direct, or whenever
a joint order to that effect shall be passed by the votes of six
members of the Board of Aldermen and eighteen members of
the Common Council,
21. No resolution for the extension and laying out of
any street or public highway shall be passed to a second
reading by either branch of the City Council until the city
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civil engineer shall certify to the council that said street or
highway is fully completed, and graded to the grades named
in the resolution, without expense to the city.
22. A yea and nay vote of the members of the City
Council shall be required to pass any order or vote involving
the expenditure or the appropriation of the public moneys,
or involving any debt or liability, and such vote shall be
entered upon the records of each branch of the City Council.
23. Less than a quorum of each branch of the City
Council may adjourn to a fixed day earlier than the regular
meeting, and shall have power to compel the attendance of
all absent members in such manner as the City Council may
by ordinance provide.
24. In the absence of rules governing both boards of
the City Council, Cushing's Manual shall decide the point.
RILES M) ORDERS OF HE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
r. At the appointed time the presiding officer shall take
the chair, and on the appearance of a quorum, proceed to
business.
2. The order of business shall be as follows :
First. — At all regular meetings the journal of the last
regular meeting and all intervening meetings of the board
shall be approved without reading, unless the reading be
called for b}^ some member of the board.
Second. — Petitions and similar papers.
Third. — Appointments, elections, etc.
Fourth. — New business, which, Junless otherwise ordered,
will take its place at the foot of Orders of the Day.
Fifth. — Orders of the Day, consisting of unfinished busi-
ness of the last previous meeting, papers from the Common
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Council and such matters as have been introduced as new
business. By a vote of six members, any matter in the Or-
ders of the Day may at any time be taken up for immediate
consideration.
3. The presiding officer shall decide all points of order,
subject to appeal. He may read while sitting, but must rise
to put a question. He shall allow debate on a question until
the vote has been declared, but not on the verification of a
vote ; and on demand of two members shall take every vote
by yeas and nays.
4. When a question is under debate, the presiding
officer shall receive no motion but to adjourn, to take up a
special assignment, to lay on the table, to postpone to a day
certain, to commit, to amend, or to postpone indefinitely.
These several motions shall have precedence in the foregoing
order, and debate upon any of them shall be confined to the
actual motion, and shall not go into the merits of the main
question, except on amendment.
5. When a vote has passed, except for adjournment or
to lay on the table, any member voting with the majority
may move a reconsideration, to be acted upon at the same
meeting. Any member voting with the minority may move
a reconsideration, to be acted upon at the next meeting,
which latter motion shall have priority, if made before the
motion first mentioned shall have been decided. Provided,
however, that no motion of reconsideration made b} r a mem-
ber voting with the minority shall be received on any subsid-
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iary or incidental question. No motion shall be twice recon-
sidered.
6. No member shall be interrupted while speaking, but
by a call to order, or for the correction of a mistake ; nor
shall there be any conversation among the members while a
paper is being read, or a question stated from the chair.
7. When any member is about to speak in debate, he
shall rise in his place and respectfully address the presiding
officer, shall confine himself to the question under debate,,
and avoid personality.
8. In the month of January the following committees-
shall be appointed :
A Committee on Bills in Second Reading.
A Committee on Electric Wires.
A Committee on Enrollment.
A Committee on Licenses.
A Committee on Lighting Streets.
A Committee on Sewers.
A Committee on Weights and Measures.
A Committee on State Aid.
The committees on Licenses, on Sewers, and on Electric
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Wires shall consist of three members each ; the other com-
mittees shall be composed of two each.
9. Every member present shall be held obliged to vote
on all questions, and not to leave without permission, if his
presence is necessary to make a quorum.
10. The clerk shall prepare, for the use of the board a
copy of the Orders of the Day, to which shall be added a list
of matters laid on the table or postponed to a day certain.
11. When a reference is proposed to moie than one com-
mittee the question shall first be upon a standing committee
of the board, then a special committee, then a joint standing
committee, and last a joint special committee.
12. These rules may be amended or suspended when-
ever two-thirds of the members present may so vote ; but a
motion to amend shall not be made and finally acted upon at
the same meeting.
13. All nominations shall lie on the table three days at
least before action thereon by the board.
14. All papers, of whatever description, which may
require action by the board, shall be presented to the City
Clerk not later than the hour of noon on the day of each reg-
ular meeting. Petitions, reports and other papers, presented
after that hour on such day, .will not be considered until the
next meeting.
RULES HID ORDERS OF HE COMMON GOUNGIL
i. Upon the arrival of the hour fixed upon for the
meeting, the President shall call for order, and within ten
minutes (or sooner, if a quorum be present,) cause the clerk
to call the roll and report to him the number present, and the
number absent, which information he shall, in turn, announce
to the body. In the absence of the President, the eldest sen-
ior member shall call to order and preside until a President
pro tempore is chosen.
2. The President shall preserve order and decorum.
He may speak to points of order in preference to other mem-
bers, rising for that purpose. He shall decide questions of
order, subject to appeal, but shall entertain no discussion on
the merits of his ruling.
3. While addressing the body the President shall stand,
but he may read or put questions while sitting.
4. The President shall declare all votes, and, if a vote
be doubted, he shall, without permitting further debate,
require the members voting in the affirmative to rise and
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remain standing until they are counted by the clerk; then he
shall require the members voting in the negative to rise and
remain standing until they are counted by the clerk, and he
shall thereupon, on information from said clerk, declare the
result.
5. The President may call any member to the chair, but
such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment,
and when out of the chair he may express his opinion on any
subject under debate, but he must not resume the chair while
the same question is pending.
6. All questions shall be propounded by the President
in the order in which they are moved, unless the subsequent
motion be previous in its nature.
7. After a motion is stated by the President, it shall be
disposed of by a vote of the body, unless the mover (no
objection being offered) withdraws it before a decision or
amendment.
8. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, unless
the body is engaged in voting.
9. The previous question shall be in this form : " Shall
the main question be now put?" It shall only be admitted
when demanded by a majority of members present, and until
it is decided, shall preclude all amendment and debate of the
main question.
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10. The yeas and nays shall be taken on any question
upon demand of one-third of the members present.
n. When two or more members rise at the same time,
the President shall name the member who shall speak first.
12. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the
President or any member requires it.
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13. When a question is under debate, no motion shall
be received but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previ-
ous question, to postpone to a certain day, to commit, to
amend, or to postpone indefinitely ; which several motions
shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged ;
and no motion to postpone or commit shall be allowed twice
in the same day, in the same stage of the ordinance or
proposition, nor shall a vote on any subsidiary or incidental
motion be reconsidered, except a motion to that effect be
made and be acted upon at the same meeting at which the
vote was decided.
14. When any member is about to speak in debate, or
deliver any matter to the body, he shall rise and respectfully
address the presiding officer, confine himself to the question*
and avoid personality.
15. During debate no member shall be mentioned by
name, but he may be described by such other designation as
may be intelligible and respectful.
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16. No member, while speaking, shall be interrupted
by another, but by a call to order or to correct a mistake. If
any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the rules
of the body, the President shall, or any member may, call
him to order ; in which case the member so called to order
shall immediately be seated until the question of order is
decided. If the decision be in favor of the member called to
order, he shall be at liberty to proceed ; if otherwise, he shall
not proceed without leave of the body.
17. No member shall speak more than twice to the same
question without obtaining leave of the body.
18. Whilst the President is speaking, no member shall
pass between him and the body, and while a member' is
speaking no member shall pass between him and the Presi-
dent ; nor shall any person rise in front of a speaking
member except to raise a point of order.
19. When a question has been decided, any member vot-
ing with the majority may move a reconsideration to be acted
upon at the same meeting. Any member voting with the
minority may move a reconsideration to be acted upon at
the next meeting ; which later motion shall have priority, if
made before the motion first mentioned shall have been
decided. No vote or question shall be twice reconsidered.
20. Every member present when a question is put shall
unless for specific reasons, excused by a majority of the
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members, give his vote. But in the election of any city
officer, he may decline to vote, as provided in Section 7,
Chapter 26, of the Revised Laws. And no member shall
leave without permission, if his presence is necessary to
make a quorum. •
21. No motion or proposition, on a subject different
from that under consideration, shall be admitted under color
of an amendment.
22. All reports may be committed or recommitted at the
pleasure of the body.
23. The division of a question may be called for when
the sense will admit of it.
24. A majority vote shall be necessary to sustain objec-
tion to the reading of a paper.
25. No standing order shall be suspended, except by a
two-thirds vote of the members present ; nor shall any rule
or order governing the body be repealed or amended without
one day's notice, nor unless fourteen members concur therein.
26. The order of business shall be as follows :
1— Roll call.
2 — Reading of records.
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3 — Papers from the Board of Aldermen.
4— Communications and reports from city officials.
5 — Presentation of petitions, remonstrances and memo-
rials.
6 — Reports of committees.
7 — Unfinished business of preceding meetings.
8 — Motions, orders or resolutions.
The above order of business shall not be departed from,,
except by a vote of a majority of the members present, but
the body may appoint a committee of two to approve the
records of the clerk during the year, and if such a committee
is appointed, the reading of the records shall be omitted,,
unless called for by one-third of the members present.
27. The seats of the Common Council shall be numbered
and determined by lot, and no member shall change his seat
but by permission of the President.
28. All committees, except such as the body determines
to select by ballot, or such as may be required by statute to
be voted for, shall be appointed by the President, and the
political minority shall be represented by at least one
member.
29. No member shall be obliged to serve on more than
two committees at the same time, or be chairman of more,
than one.
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30. All memorials and other papers addressed to the
"body shall be presented by the President, or by a member in
his place, who shall explain the subject thereof ; and they
shall be taken up in the order in which they were presented,
unless the body shall otherwise direct.
3r. Standing Committees shall be appointed on the
following subjects :
On Second Reading of Bills and Ordinances.
On Enrollment.
On Elections and Returns.
32. No committee shall sit during a session of the body,
without special leave, exeept the Committee on the Second
Reading of Bills and Ordinances and the Committee on
Enrollment.
33. These rules shall be observed in the Committee of
the Whole, so far as they are applicable, except Rule 17.
34. When a committee is nominated by the chair, the
first person named shall be chairman. In the election of
committees, except on finance, when a chairman is not spec-
ially chosen, the person having the highest number of votes
shall act as chairman ; and in case of an equality in votes
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between two or more members of a committee, the members
thereof shall choose a chairman.
35. All committees shall consist of three members, unless
otherwise specially provided for ; and no report shall be
received from any committee unless agreed to in committee
actually assembled ; and reports shall be in writing, unless
otherwise ordered.
36. It shall be the duty of every committee to whom
any subject may be specially referred, to report thereon within
five weeks, unless further time be previously asked for and
granted.
37. Members of the body may attend any meeting of
any of its committees, but shall not vote thereat.
38. All ordinances and resolutions shall have two
several readings before they shall be finally passed. See
Joint Rules 7 and 8.
39. All ordinances after being read a second time shall
be referred to the Committee on the Second Reading of Bills
and Ordinances, and after being reported upon by said com-
mittee, shall be again read, after which the question shall be
on passing the same to be enrolled.
40. No ordinance or resolution imposing penalties, or
authorizing the expenditure of money, shall have more than
one reading the same day.
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41. Any member offering a resolution or order shall
write his name on the bottom of the back of such paper.
42. All city officers shall be voted for in accordance with
Section 7, Chapter 26, of the Revised Laws.
43. The clerk shall keep brief minutes of the votes and
proceedings of the body, entering thereon all accepted resolu-
tions ; shall notice reports and memorials, and other papers
submitted to the board, only by their titles or by a brief
description of their purport.
44. The clerk shall keep the record of committees that
may require that service ; and on the appointment of every
standing committee, a book for records shall be provided by
its chairman, or by said clerk. The clerk shall have the
custody of all minutes by him kept ; and the records of the
several committees shall be open to the inspection of members
of the City Council.
45. . With the exception of an order for a joint conven-
tion, any joint order or resolution originating in the Common
Council shall be copied, and shall, previous to the hour for
calling the meeting to order, be posted by the clerk, in some
prominent place in the Common Council Chamber or coat
room, where it may be open to the inspectionof members.
46. All orders, resolutions, reports, petitions or other
papers, (except communications )irequiring concurrent action,
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or action by this body only, shall be filed by members in the
office of the City Clerk at least twenty-four hours before the
time set for the meeting of the body ; also all reports or
papers from committees.
47. No paper entered in violation of the preceding rule
shall be considered except by unanimous consent.
48. The clerk shall, previous to each regular or special
meeting, prepare, in the sequence of the order of business, a
brief synopsis of all matters to be acted upon, and place, or
cause to be placed, on the desk of each member, a copy of
the same, prior to the hour designated for calling such
meeting to order.
'49. " Cushing's Manual" shall be authority on all
questions of debate or parliamentary usage, when the same
does not conflict with the rules and orders of this body.
50. A copy of " Cushing's Manual " shall, at all times,
during the sessions of this body, be on the desk of the
President.
SPECIAL RULE.
All joint orders requiring concurrent action, calling for
the contraction of loans, except loans in anticipation of taxes,
shall first be read for information and shall then lie upon the
table until the next meeting, when action upon the passage
of the same may be taken. This rule shall not be suspended
or repealed unless by a two-thirds vote of the members
present.
MAYOR
JAMES B. CASEY 87 Summer Street
ALDERMEN
OTIS ALLEN 947 Middlesex Street
THOMAS H. BRADEN 118 Branch Street
JAMES H. CARMICHAEL 22 Rolfe Street
DANIEL COSGROVE 492 Gorham Street
WILLIAM FAIRWEATHER 756 School Street
ALBERT F. GRANT 244 Gibson Street
WILLIAM J. HAYES 61 Coranell Avenue
FRED H. ROURKE 777 Central Street
JAMES F. WALKER 43 Seventh Street
ALBERT F. GRANT Chairman
GIRARD P. DADMAN Clerk
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COMMON COUNCILMEN
Ward One
JAMES H. FLEMING 9 2 John Street
JAMES J. HAYES (died Sept. 4.) 85 French Street
CHARLES F. MORSE 19 Second Street
Ward Two
FREDERICK CRONAN 9 Franklin Court
JEREMIAH A. DALY 211 Fletcher Street
FRANK McMAHON 23 Adams Street
Ward Three
EDMUND J. CHENEY 19 Grove Street
HARRY H. J. READ 347 Westford Street
WESLEY M. WILDER 6 Coral Street
Ward Four
HENRY F. CARR 1 rear 592 Gorham Street
DENNIS J. DONOHUE 13 Newhall Street
JOHN P. MAHONEY 12 New Street
Ward Five
JOHN DONOHUE 3 rear 104 Lawrence Street
ANDREW McALOON. .' '. ! 8 Everett Street
EDWARD F. SHEA 178 Perry Street
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Ward Six
FREDERICK G. BALDWIN 374 Beacon Street
JOHN H. BLAKE 129 Fulton Street
NORMAN W. WHITE \ .471 Bridge Street
Ward Seven
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* J. OMER ALLARD 994 Moody Street
LEON MARCOTTE 145 Cross Street
WILLIAM G. McINTYRE 19 Lombard Street
Ward Eight
WILLIAM H. DODGE 28 South Walker Street
CHARLES N. LEACH 1358 Middlesex Street
SOLOMON S. MAYBERRY 54 Jenness Street
Ward Nine
CHARLES H. CLOUGH 546 Rogers Street
BURTON H. CROSBY in Moore Street
JOHN W. DALY 76 Andrews Street
WILLIAM H. DODGE President
FRANK M. DOWLING Clerk
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MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
The regular meetings of both branches of the City Coun-
cil are Held at the City Hall as follows :
ALDERMEN
Second and fourth Tuesdays in each Month except August.
January 10 and 24
February 14 and 28
March 14 and 28
April 11 and 25
May 9 and 23
June 13 and 27
At 8 P. M
July 11 and 25
September 12 and 26
October 10 and 24
November 14 and 28
December 12 and 26
COUNCILMEN
First and third Tuesdays in each mouth except August.
January 3 and 17
February 7 and 21
March 7 and 2 1
April 4 and 18
May 2 and 16
June 6 and 20
At 8 P. M
July 4 and 18
September 5 and 19
October 3 and 17
November...' 7 and 21
December 5 and 19
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Joint Standing Committees of the City Council
APPROPRIATIONS— Aldermen Braden, Grant and Cosgrove ; Council-
men Dodge, Read, Morse and McAloon.
ACCOUNTS — Alderman Braden ; Councilmen Baldwin and Mclntyre.
CLAIMS — Aldermen Walker and Hayes ; Councilmen Leach, Marcotte
and J. W. Daly.
EDUCATION— Aldermen Walker and Allen ; Councilmen Wilder, Bald-
win and J. A. Daly.
FIRE DEPARTMENT— Aldermen Fairweather and Hayes; Council-
men Allard, White and Shea.
FINANCE — Councilman Cheney (Chairman) ; Mayor James B. Casey,
Alderman Carmichael ; Councilmen Mahoney and Crosby.
INDUSTRIES — Aldermen Carmichael and Rourke ; Councilmen Crosby,
Allard and McMahon.
LANDS AND BUILDINGS— Aldermen Allen and Braden; Councilmen
Mclntyre, Blake and Cronan.
MILITARY AFFAIRS— Aldermen Fairweather and Carmichael ; Coun-
cilmen Crosby, Blake and D. J. Donohue.
ORDINANCES AND LEGISLATION— Aldermen Braden and Rourke ;
Councilmen Wilder, Clough and Carr.
PRINTING — Aldermen Hayes and Rourke ; Councilmen L^ach, Mar-
cotte and John Donohue.
STREETS — Aldermen Fairweather and Hayes; Conncilmen Morse,.
Mayberry, Fleming, Clough and Mahoney.
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Joint Special Committees
FOURTH OF JULY— Aldermen Fairweather, Walker and Rourke ;
Councilmen Crosby, Baldwin, Mclntyre, Mahoney and McMahon
and Mayor Casey.
SANATARIES— Councilmen Hayes, Clongh and John Donohue ; Alder-
men $.llen and Rourke.
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING AND HEATING— Councilmen Hayes and
Morse ; Alderman Walker.
HUNTINGTON HALL AND RAILROAD STATION— Aldermen Bra-
een, Fairweather and Grant ; Councilmen Crosby, Shea and Dodge
and Mayor Casey.
Standing Committees of the Board of Aldermen
SEWERS— Aldermen Grant, Walker and Cosgrove.
STATE AID— Aldermen Braden and Carmichael. -
LIGHTING STREETS— Aldermen Fairweather and Carmichael.
ELECTRIC WIRES— Aldermen f^rant, Allen and Rourke.
LICENSES— Aldermen Walker and Cosgrove.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES— Aldermen Fairweather and Rourke.
BILLS IN SECOND READING— Aldermen RoUrke and Carmichael.
ENROLLMENT— Aldermen Carmichael and Cosgrove.
Special Committee of the Board of Aldermen
POLLING PLACES— Aldermen Allen, Fairweather and Carmichael.
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Standing Committees of the Common Council
BILLS IN SECOND READING— Councilmeu White, Fleming and J.
A. Daly.
ELECTIONS AND^RETURNS— Councilmen Hayes, Mclntyre and Shea.
ENROLLMENT— Councilmen Baldwin, Read and D. J. Donohue.
Special Committees of the Common Council
CLERK'S RECORD— Councilmen Cheney and John Donohue.
RULES — Councilmen Mayberry, Hayes and McMahon.
GUY OFFIGERS FOR 1905.
MAYOR
Telephone, 395.
JAMES B. CASEY Office, City Hall
CITY CLERK
Telephone, 430.
GIRARD P. DADMAN Office, City Hall
Chosen by the City Council in convention in January. Term expires
first Monday in January, or when successor is chosen. City Charter, Sect.
17, Ord., Chap. 8
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
WILLIAM P. MCCARTHY Office, City Hall
Appointed by the City Clerk, subject to approval of the Board of
Aldermen.
CLERK OF COMMITTEES
Telephone, 130.
FRANK M. DOWLING, Term expires 1907 Office, City Hall
Chosen by concurrent vote in January for the term of three years.
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CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Telephone, 577.
ANDREW CI. STILES Office, City Hall
Chosen by the City Council in convention in January for one year
from first day of April, or until successor is chosen. City Charter, Sect.
17, Ord. Chap. 9.
AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS
Telephone 74.
DAVID CHASE (died May 7)
CHARLES D. PAGE (elected June 27) Office, City Hall
Chosen by concurrent vote in January or February for one year from
the first day of April, or until successor is chosen. Ord., Chap. 2, Sect. 1.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Telephone, 572-3.
CHARLES J. MORSE Office, City Hall
Chosen by concurrent vote in January or February. Term expires
first Monday in Jan., or when successor is chosen. Ord., Chap. 39, Sec.i.
CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLIES
Telephone, 230.
JAMES E. DONNELLY Office, City Hall
Chosen at annual city election. Sect. 3, Chap. 415. Acts of 1896.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER 35
CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE CITY
Telephone, 136-2
GEORGE BOWERS . Office, City Hall
Chosen by concurrent vote in Jan. or Feb. for one year from the first
day of April, or until his successor is chosen. Ord., Chap. 13, Sect. 1.
CITY SOLICITOR
Telephone, 566-5.
JAMES GILBERT HILL Office, City Hall
Chosen by concurrent vote in Jan. or Feb. for one year from the first
day of March, or until his successor is chosen. Ord., Chap. 11, Sect. 1.
CITY MESSENGER
Telephone, 130.
JOSEPH E. PATTEE Office, City Hall
Chosen by concurrent vote in Jan. for one year from first Monday in
Feb. or until successor is chosen. Ord., Chap. 10, Sect. 1.
LIBRARIAN OF CITY LIBRARY
Telephone 506-3.
FREDERICK A. CHASE Office, at City Library
Chosen by the Board of Trustees of the City Library. Chap. 231,
Sect. 5, Acts of ii
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BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
THALLES P. HALL Term expires 1905.
COL. PERCY PARKER t Term expires 1906
HON. JOHN E. DRURY, (Secretary) Term expires 1907
HON. JOHN J. PICKMAN, (Chairman) Term expires 1908
HARVEY B. GREENE Term expires 1909
One member appointed annually by the Mayor with the approval of
the City Council, for a term of five years from the first Monday in May.
Revised Laws, Chap. 28.
CHARLES A. WHITTET, Superintendent.
TRUSTEES OF CITY LIBRARY
JAMES- B. CASEY, Chairman, Ex-Officio Mayor
DENNIS A. SULLIVAN Term expires 1906
MRS. ROWENA PALMER Term expires 1907
FRANK P. PUTNAM Term expires 1908
GEORGE F. RICHARDSON, Vice-Chairman fTerm expires 1909
THOMAS WALSH Term expires 1910
FREDERICK A. CHASE, Clerk
One appointed by the Mayor in December for term of five years com-
mencing the second Monday in January, or until successor is appointed.
Regular meeting last Tuesday in each month.
SUPERINTENDENT OF BUBLIC BUILDINGS
Telephone, 129-2
JOHN J. O'CONNOR Office, City Hall
Chosen by concurrent vote in January or February. Term expires
first Monday in Jan., or when successor is chosen. Ord., Chap. 5, Sect. 1..
MUNICIPAL REGISTER 37
CITY PHYSICIAN
Telephone, 551-4
PORSTER H. SMITH Office, City Hall
Chosen by concurrent vote in March or April. Term expires April
30, or when successor is chosen. Ord., approved June 27, 1900.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS
JAMES B. CASEY, Chairman, Ex-Officio Mayor
JOHN L. STEVENS Term expires Jan. 1, 1906
RICHARD A. GRIFFITHS Term expires Jan. 1, 1907
RICHARD A. GRIFFITHS Secretary
JOHN G. JACKSON Superintendent
Telephone, 58-4
One appointed by Mayor and Aldermen annually in December, for
two years from the first day of January next ensuing, or until successor is
Appointed. Acts of 1891, Chap. 337.
ASSESSORS OF TAXES
Telephone, 136-3
C. ARTHUR ABBOTT Term expires 1906
JOHN P. MAHONEY Term expires 1907
ABEL WHEELER Term expires 1908
ABEL WHEELER Chairman
JOHN P. MAHONEY Secretary
WILLIAM J. REARDON Clerk
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ASSISTANT ASSESSORS OF TAXES
RICHARD CHARLTON CHARLES RILEY
EDWARD T. GOWARD JOHN F. MEEHAN
THOMAS F. GARVEY MICHAEL BOURDON
Assessors : — One chosen by concurrent vote annually in January or
February, for the term of three years from the first Monday in January,
or until successor is chosen. Ord., Chap. 3, Sect. 1.
Assistant Assessors : — Appointed by the Mayor in March or April, for
May and June, Subject to confirmation by the City Council. Ord. appro-
ved February 28, 1899.
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
JAMES F. McELHOLM Term expires Feb. 1, 1907
Appointed by Mayor and Aldermen in January for term of three
years. Ord. approved July 15, 1898.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Telephone, 566-3
Chosen at the City Election for two years.
JOHN F. McCOY Chairman
WARD
i— EDWARD H. FOYE, 201 Market Street Term expires 1905
2 — WM. J. DUNN, 290 Adams Street Term expires 1905
3— JOHN F. McCOY, 112 Middle Street Term expires 1905
4 — JOHN J. DUFF, 15 Auburn Street, Term expires 1905
5— JOHN McMANUS, 13 Merrimack Sq Term expires 1906
6— EDWIN S. EASTMAN, 96 West Street Term expires 1906
7— VITAL ROBERT, 33 Fifth Avenue Term expires 1905
8— WM. H. SHIELDS, 627 Chelmsford Street Term expires 1906
9— CHARLES H. SHEPARD, 60 Andrews Street Term expires 1906
Regular meeting last Thursday of the month at City Hospital.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER 39
Secretary, and Superintendent of Out=Door Poor
MARTIN J. COURTNEY, 26 Ames Street Office, City Hall
Hours: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.
Superintendent of In=Door Poor
CHARLES E. DONLAN, M. D., Office and Residence, City Hospital
List of Committees
ACCOUNTS— Messrs. Dunn, Shepard and McManus.
AGRICULTURE, CATTLE AND SWINE— Messrs. McCoy, Duff and
Shepard.
CARE AND REPAIR OF BUILDINGS— Messrs. Robert, Foye and Dunn
CLOTHING, FURNITURE AND BEDDING— Messrs. Duff, Robert and
Foye.
DISPENSARY— Messrs. McCoy, Shepard and Dunn.
PRINTING— Messrs. Eastman, Duff and McManus.
OUT-DOOR RELIEF— Messrs. McManus, Shields and Eastman.
PROVISIONS AND SUPPLIES— Messrs. Foye, Shepard and Duff.
WOOD-YARD— Messrs. Shepard, Robert and Foye.
INSURANCE— Messrs. Shields, McManus and Eastman.
District and Dispensary Physicians
DISTRICT 1— CLARENCE LIVINGSTON 9 Runels Building
DISTRICT 2— A. E. BERTRAND 1 Runels Building
DISTRICT 3— E. M. MURPHY 7 and 8 Shedd Building
DISTRICT 4—O. P. PORTER 253 Central Street
DISTRICT 5— CHAS. M. FRYE 403 Middlesex Street
DISTRICT 6— PIERRE BRUNELLE, JR 33 East Merrimack Street
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City Dispensary
Office, City Hall
EDWIN F. MASON Clerk
Open week days 9 A. M. to 1 P. M., 2.30 to 5 P. M.
MEMBERS OF THE LOWELL WATER BOARD
OFFICE, CITY HALL.
Telephone, 271-2.
ROBERT J. CROWLEY President
AUGUST FELS, died July 2
Z. WINCHELL STURTEVANT, elected July 25 Term expires 1906
ROBERT J. CROWLEY Term expires 1907
FRANK L. WEAVER Term expires 1908
ISAAC E. WOTTON Term expires 1909
JOHN W. CRAWFORD Clerk
ROBERT J. THOMAS Superintendent
The members of the Lowell Water Board are chosen by concurrent
vote in January or February for a term of four years from second Monday
in March following their election, one member retiring annually.
The Superintendent is chosen in March by the Board.
The Clerk is chosen by the Board in June. Ord. Chap. 45.
HOURS : 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUNDS
FRED A. BUTTRICK Term expires 1906
CHARLES L. KNAPP Term expires 1907
AUSTIN K. CHADWICK Term expires 1908
ANDREW G. STILES Secretary and Treasurer
One member elected annually by the City Council in December for
three years, commencing January first. Revised Laws, Chap. 27, Sect. 14.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER 41
BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINERS
JOSEPH SMITH rf Chairman
JOHN J. COLTON, M. D., CHARLES H. CONANT, JOSEPH SMITH
CHARLES H. CONANT Secretary
Appointed by State Civil Service Commissioners.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE AID AND AGENT FOR
THE BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS, ETC.
Telephone, 136-4
HUBERT M. POTTER
MARY C. BRENNAN, Asst. Supt.
Appointed by Mayor and Aldermen prior to first day of February,
jor one year. Ord. approved Sept. 27, 1898.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Chief Engineer is elected by concurrent vote in the month of
March or April, for the term of three years. Sec. 2, Chap. 95, Acts of 1897.
Assistant Engineers appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in March
or April, the First Assistant for three years, the others for one year, com-
encing the first day of May. Ord. approved Nov 27, 1896.
Chief Engineer
Telephone, 201-12
EDWARD S. HOSMER, 202 Westford St Term expires 1906
Office, Engine House, Middle Street.
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Assistant Engineers
JAMES F. NORTON First Asst , 22 Ames St Term expires 1907-
GEORGE F. SALMON, 91 Mt. Washington St Term- expires 1906
EDWARD MELOY, 30 Fort Hill Ave Term expires 1906
CHARLES STACKPOLE, 105 Liberty Street Term expires 1906
JAMES F. NORTON Clerk of the Board
The Clerk is chosen by the Engineers.
Operator of Fire Alarm Telegraph
HENRY C. FERNALD Central Station
Committee on Fire Department
Aldermen FAIRWEATHER and HAYES; Councilmen ALXARD,
WHITE and SHEA.
BOARD OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF LOWELL
Office, Police Station.
FRANK B. DOW Chairman
FRANK B. DOW Term expires 1906
FISHER H. PEARSON Term expires 1908
LAFOREST BEALS Term expires 1910
Appointed by the Mayor under the provisions of Chap. 428 of the
Acts of 1894 and Chap. 187 of the Acts of 1895.
JOSEPH SMITH Clerk
Regular meetings at the Police Station every Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock.
Telephone, 101
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WILLIAM B. MOFFATT, Superintendent of Police
REDMOND WELCH, Deputy Superintendent
WILLIAM R. KEW, Captain
JAMES BROSNAN, Lieutenant
HUGH DOWNEY, Lieutenant
JAMES E. WEBSTER, Lieutenant
MARTIN CONNORS. Sergeant
JOHN B. CROWLEY, Sergeant
JOHN FREEMAN, Sergeant
DAVID J. DONALDSON, Inspector, Criminal
CHARLES LAFLAMME, Inspector, Criminal
JOHN A. WALSH, Inspector, Criminal
MARTIN MAHER, Inspector, Criminal
MICHAEL E. MCDONALD, Inspector of Claims
Keeper of Lockup
WILLIAM B. MOFFATT
Constables
ADAMS, THOMAS E LAPORTE, ELIE C
BATES, FREDERICK A MAGUIRE, JOHN E
BRADLEY, CHARLES F MANSUR, EZRA E
BREAULT, JEAN L McMANUS, JOHN
EMERY, DANIEL McCLUSKEY, WM. J
GATELY, BERNARD F PINDER, JOHN J
GERRISH, ENOCH SAVITHES, JORDAN S
HARTWELL, CHARLES C SLATTERY, EDWARD F
LAPIERRE, JOSEPH S SMITH, WALTER S
TURCOTTE, ISIDORE
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POLICE COURT '
Telephone, 575
SAMUEL P. HADLEY Standing Justice
JOHN J. PICKMAN Special Justice
FREDERICK A. FISHER Special Justice
JAMES F. SAVAGE Clerk
EDWARD W. TRULL. Assistant Clerk
EDWARD F. SLATTERY Probation Officer
HEALTH COMMISSIONER
Telephone, 101
WILLIAM B. MOFFATT Office, Police Station
Chosen by concurrent vote by nomination commencing in the Board
of Aldermen, in January or February. Ord., Chap. 41, Sect. 1.
BOARD OF HEALTH
Telephone, 549-2
WM. B. JACKSON, M. D., Term expires first Mon. in Feb. 1905
WM. C. DOHERTY, Secretary Term expires first Mon. in Feb. 1906
LEONARD HUNTRESS, M. D.(Chn)Term expires first Mon. in Feb. 1907
One member appointed annually by the Mayor and Board of Alder-
men in January for term of three years from first Monday in February.
Chap. 332, Sect. 1, Acts of 1895.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER 45.
BOARD OF REGISTRARAS OF VOTERS
JOHN P. FARLEY, Chairman
JOHN P. FARLEY Term expires May 1, 1906
CORNELIUS F. SULLIVAN Term experes May 1, 1907
ALBERT J. BLAZON ' Term expires May 1, 1908
GIRARD P. DADMAN, City Clerk, Ex-Officio.
Revised Laws, Chap. 11, Sect. 25.
One member appointed annually in March or April for three years
from the first day of May next ensuing and until his successor is appoint-
ed and qualified.
FENCE VIEWERS
WILLIAM A. ARNOLD JOHN VINCENT
Chosen by concurrent vote by nomination commencing in the Board
of Aldermen in January or February. Ord., Chap. 41, Sec. 1.
FIELD DRIVERS
FRANK FOX WILLIAM G. BUMPS
JAMES E. WEBSTER
Chosen by concurrent vote by nomination commencing in the Board
of Aldermen in January or February. Ord., Chap. 41, Sect. 1.
POUND KEEPER
Chosen by concurrent vote by nomination commencing in the Board
of Aldermen in January or February. Ord., Chap. 41, Sect. 1.
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
JAMES R. FULTON
Appointed by the Board of Aldermen by nomination in March or
April. Revised Laws, Chap. 62, Sect. 18, Ord. Chap. 41, Sect. 2.
INSPECTOR OF MILK, VINEGAR and OLEOMARGARINE
THOMAS O. ALLEN Office, City Hall
Appointed by the Board of Aldermen by nomination in January or
February. Ord., Chap. 41, Sect 2.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
WALTER A. SHERMAN Office, 340 Central Street
Appointed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen annually in March,
subject to approval of Chief of Cattle Bureau. Revised Laws Chap. 90,
Sect. 12, Acts of 1902, Chap. 116.
INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS
JOHN M. FARRELL
Appointed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
INSPECTORS OF PETROLEUM OIL
THOMAS O. ALLEN EDWARD S. HOSMER
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen. Revised Laws, Chap. 102,
Sect. 109, 1
MUNICIPAL REGISTER 47
INSPECTOR OF BOILERS
BARTHOLOMEW SCANNELL
Revised Laws Chap. 105, Sect. 7.
FISH WARDEN
GEORGE T. SPENCE
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen. Revised Laws, Chap. 91, Sect. 54
SUPERINTENDENT OF CITY SCALES-MEASURER OF WOOD
AND BARK-INSPECTOR OF BALED OR BUNDLED
HAY-AT CITY SCALES
GEORGE F. NOONAN
Office at City Scales, Rear of Police Station.
Appointed by the Board of Aldermen in January or February. Ord.
Chap. 46, Sect. 1 ; Chap. 21, Sect. 1.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK BROUGHT BY WATER OR
RAILROAD CARS INTO THE CITY
JOHN F. BATEMAN
Appointed by the Board of Aldermen in January or February. Ord.
Chap. 46, Sect. 1.
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MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
COBURN, CLARENCE G LINSCOTT, HIRAM E
FENTON, ABRAM McPHETRES, SAMUEL A
FULLER, GEORGE B MURPHY, THOMAS J
GILMORE, ROBERT J NOONAN, GEORGE F
GRIFFIN, WARREN T SNELL, ORA M
HALL, OSCAR A STANLEY, HARRY L
HUMPHREY, J. F
Appointed by the Board of Aldermen in January or February. Ord.
Chap. 46, Sect. 1.
MEASURERS OF GRAIN
FENTON, ABRAM
HARTWELL, GEO. W
LAZELLE, FRANK W
LIVINGSTON, WM.
McPHETRES, SAMUEL A
MURPHY, THOMAS J
RYAN, ARNOLD J
SMITH, LORENZO E
SULLIVAN, JOHN B
WILLIAMS, HENRY J
WILSON, FRANKLIN T
YARNOLD, RICHARD
MULLANEY, JOHN J
Fees — 2]/ 2 mills a bushel for measuring. Appointed by the Board of
Aldermen in January or February. Ord. Chap. 41, Sect. 2.
SURVEYORS
ALLEN, MELANCTHON M
BATEMAN, JOHN F
CASEY, CLIFFORD B
COBURN, CLARENCE G
ERWIN, JAMES
FENTON, ABRAM
FORD, SETH
OF LUMBER
FULLER, GEORGE B
MAYBERRY, OLIVER W
McAULEY, KENNETH
Mcdonald, murdock b
mcleod, murdock k
McPHEE, HARRY
Mcpherson, arthur i
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FLANDERS, CHARLES S
FLEMING, GEORGE A
GALLUPE, ALLISON
GILMAN, ALBERT I
HALL, OSCAR A
HARTWELL, GEO. W
HUMPHREY, J F
LAWRENCE, C F
LAZELLE, FRANK W
LINSCOTT, HIRAM E
MARTIN, GEORGE
McPHETRES, SAMUEL A
MURPHY, THOMAS J
NEALE, AUSTIN J
PRATT, BLANCHARD E
SANFORD, W A
SLOAT, ELBRIDGE L
SMITH, LORENZO E
TRULL, FRED N
WHITNEY, GEO. W
WIGGIN, BURTON H
WILSON, FRANKLIN T
WOODWORTH, A B Jr
YARNOLD, RICHARD
Chosen by concurrent vote by nomination commencing in the Board
of Aldermen in January or February. Ord. Chap. 41, Sect. 1.
SURVEYORS OF PLASTERING, BRICK OR STONE
WORK AND PAINTING
BATEMAN, JOHN F
BROOKS, HENRY O
SMITH, MELVIN B
FAVOR, WM A
OSGOOD, ORIN F
SNELL, ORA M
Appointed by the Board of Aldermen in January or February. Ord.
Chap. 41. Sect. 2.
WEIGHERS OF HAY AND OTHER ARTICLES
BEALS, LAFOREST CADY, GEO. L Jr
BROWN, F L COBURN, CLARENCE G
BUCKMINSTER, ROLLIN MARTIN, CHAS. G
CADY, BYRON F McPHETRES, SAMUEL A
5o
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FENTON, ABRAM
FITZ GIBBONS, WM. T
HARTWELL, GEO. W
HARRIS, MARTINA
HUMPHREY, J F
KENNEY, JOHN P.
LAZELLE, FRANK W
LARKIN, M J
LIVINGSTON, WM.
MORSE, ROBT. A
MULLANEY, JOHN J
Appointed by the Board of
Chap. 21, Sect. i.
MURPHY, THOMAS J
NOONAN, GEO. F
O'BRIEN, EVERETT
RYAN, ARNOLD J
SMITH, LORENZO E.
SULLIVAN, JOHN B
WILLIAMS, HENRY J
WILSON, FRANKLIN T
WOLFF, ABRAHAM
YARNOLD, RICHARD
Aldermen in January or February. Ord.
WEIGHERS
BUCKMINSTER, ROLLIN
CAWLEY, WM. F
CAWLEY, CATHERINE A
CROTTY, MARY E
CADY, BYRON F.
CADY, GEO. L Jr
CONLAN, M. BLANCHE
DREWETT, EDWARD
FENTON, ABRAM
GORMLEY, HARRIET E
GRIFFIN, WARREN T
HOSMER, SAMUEL
HUNKING, SIDNEY F
BEALS, LAFOREST
OF COAL
HARTWELL, GEO. W
LIVINGSTON, WM. E
McPHETRES, SAMUEL A
MOODY, GEO. H
MORSE, ROBERT A
MULLANEY, JOHN J
MURPHY, THOMAS J
, QUINN, JOHN P
RUSHWORTH, CAARLES B
RYAN, ARNOLD J
SMITH, LORENZO E
STANLEY, HARRY L
WASHINGTON, GEORGE
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BOARDMAN, BLANCHE G VIEIRA, JOHN R
KENNEY, JOHN P WILSON, FRANKLIN T
LANNAN, JAMES F WOLFF, ABRAHAM
LAZELLE, FRANK W YARNOLD, RICHARD
MARTIN, CHAS. G
Appointed by the Board of Aldermen in January or February. Ord.
Chap. 41, Sect 2.
WILLIAM W. DUNCAN President
ARTHUR K. WHITCOMB Secretary
MEMBERS
Ward i— WILLIAM W. DUNCAN Term expires 1905
Tel. 662-2, Office, 21 Hildreth Building
Ward 2— JOHN J. HANLON Term expires 1905
Tel. 944-12. 169 Broadway
Ward 3— ANDREW S. WOOD Term expires 1906
598 School Street
Ward 4— WILLI AM F. REGAN Term expires 1905
Tel. 417-2 79 Kinsman Street
Ward 5— EUGENE C. QUEEN AN Term expires 1906
54 Pond Street
Ward 6— HARRY SWANN Term expires 190b
94 Beech Street
Ward 7— ANDREW J. SWAPP Term expires 1905
Tel. 330. 307 Pawtucket Street
Ward 8— CHARLES W. TAYLOR, M. D Term"expires 1906
Tel. 903-5. 17 Kirk Street.
Ward 9— HUGH WALKER, D. D. S Term expires 1905.
Tel. 189-13. 3 Wymans Exchange.
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STANDING COMMITTEES
i ON TKACHERS AND SALARIES— Messrs. Swapp, Duncan and
Regan.
2 ON BOOKS AND SUPPLIES— Messrs. Hanlon, Taylor, Swann,
Wood and Walker.
3 ON EVENING SCHOOLS— Messrs. Wood, Swapp, Taylor, Swann
and Hanlon
4. ON HIGH SCHOOL— Messrs. Duncan, Swapp, Taylor, Queenan
and Regan
5. ON EVENING DRAWING SCHOOLS— Messrs. Taylor, Duncan
and Walker
6. ON MUSIC — Messrs. Queenan, Wood and Hanlon
7. ON REPORTS— Messrs. Walker, Wood and Hanlon
8. ON ACCOUNTS— Messrs. Swann, Duncan and Queenan
9. ON SCHOOL HOUSES AND HYGIENE— Messrs. Walker, Regan
and Swann
10. ON RULES — Messrs. Regan, Queenan and Swapp
ASSIGNMENT OF SCHOOLS
MR DUNCAN, Ward 1— High, Edson, Eliot, Kirk Street, Cottage Street
MR. HANLON, Ward 2— Green, Worthen Street, Cheever Street, Mor-
rill, Morrill Kindergarten
MR. WOOD, Ward 3— Lincoln, Howard Street, Grand Street, Plain
S£reet, Lincoln and Plain Street Kindergartens
MR. REGAN, Ward 4— High, Butler, London Street, Weed Street, Aga-
wani Street, Carter Street, Lyon Street, Agawam Street and
Chapel Street Kindergartens
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MR. QUEENAN, Ward 5— High, Charles Street, Central Street, Ames
Street, Fayette Street, Charles Street Kindergarten
MR. SWANN, Ward 6— Varnum, West Sixth Street, Tenth Street, Lake-
view Avenue, Billings Street, Varnum Kindergarten
MR. SWAPP, Ward 7— High, Bartlett, Pawtucket, Training, Cross Street,
Cabot Street, New Moody Street, Lexington Avenue, Pawtucket
and Bartlett Kindergartens
MR. TAYLOR, Ward 8— High, Highland, Franklin, Dover Street, Pow-
ell Street, Pine Street, Middlesex Village, Franklin, Dover and
Pine Street Kindergartens
MR. WALKER, Ward 9 -Moody, Pond Street, High Street, Sycamore
Street, Moody Kindergarten
Assignment of Evening Schools
MR. WOOD— High, Edson, Railroad Street
MR. SWAPP— Bartlett, Green, Cheever, Pawtucket
MR. SWANN — Varnum, Aiken Avenue, Moody, Colburn
MR. TAYLOR— Mann, Worthen
MR. HANLON— Butler, Franklin
Superintendent of Public Schools
ARTHUR K. WHITCOMB Office, City Hall
Telephone, 566-4
Office Hours— One hour after the forenoon session of the schools, and
from 2 to 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
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Truant Commissioners
GEO. F. STURTEVANT WILLIAM F. THORNTON
JAMES KELLY CAMILE ROUSSIN
Telephone 506-4
OFFICE— Third Floor in City Hall
Office Hours — Saturday, 2 to 3 o'clock, p. m. Other days 4 to 5 p. m.,
except during the summer vacation, when the office will be open from
9 to 10 o'clock a. m.
Regular Meetings of the School Committee
January 31 July 25
February 28 August 29
March 28 September 26
April 25 October 31
May 31 Nevember 28
June 27 December 26
Chp. 415.
An Act to amend the charter of the City of Lowell.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Section 1. All executive powers which are now by law vested in the
City Council of the City of Lowell, or either branch thereof, shall here-
after be vested in and exercised by the Mayor of said city except as
hereinafter otherwise provided.
Sect. 2. The mayor may suspend or remove any executive or ad-
ministrative officer except as hereinafter provided, for such cause as he
shall deem sufficient, and shall set forth in the order of suspension or re-
moval his reasons therefor, provided that no removal shall be made upon
partisan grounds. The order of suspension or removal shall not take
effect until it is approved by the City Council voting by yeas and nays.
The City Council may, by a two-thirds vote in each branch, voting by
yeas and nays, remove any of said officers without the consent of the
Mayor ; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall
apply to any of the following departments, namely : the School Commit-
tee, the Police Commission, the Water Board, the Overseers of the Poor,
or the Trustees of the Public Library.
Sect. 3. There shall be a department of supplies, and all material
and supplies for the city shall be purchased by the chief or head of such
department, subject to the approval of the Mayor. So far as is practicable,
purchases shall be after public advertisement and under contract approv-
ed by the Mayor, All bills for material and supplies shall show the
date of purchase, date of delivery, the unit of price, the quality and
quantity of articles purchased and received, the number and date of the
order for purchase, and if the purchase is under contract, the number
and date of the contract, and shall be entered in full -in an invoice book,
which shall always be open to public inspection. The chief of this de-
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partmeut shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city voting at the
annual municipal election, and shall hold his office for the next munici-
pal year thereafter, subject to the provisions of section two of this act.
Sect. 4. The Mayor shall cause to be kept a record of all his official
acts, and to aid him in his official duties may appoint one or more clerks.
Sect. 5. The heads of the several departments and offices shall have
the power to appoint and employ and to discharge all subordinate officers
and employees in their respective departments; and they shall keep a
record, subject to inspection, of all so appointed and employed and of all
discharged, and in all cases of discharge the grounds therefor ; provided,
however, that no removals shall be made upon partisan grounds.
Sect. 6. The heads of the several departments and offices shall have
the general charge and management of all matters pertaining to their re-
spective departments, and shall make and execute all contracts necessary
therefor, except for the purchase of material and supplies ; but every
contract made as aforesaid in which the amount involved exceeds three
hundred dollars shall be approved by the Mayor before going into effect ;
provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the
City Council, by ordinance, from transferring any of the duties imposed
upon an appointed head of a department by this act or by ordinance, ex-
cepting the purchase of material and supplies, to another head of a de-
partment or board or commission.
Sect. 7. Neither the City Council nor either branch thereof, nor any
committee or member thereof, shall directly or indirectly take part in
the employment of labor, the purchase of material, the construction,
alteration or repair of any public works or other property, or in the care,
custody or management of the same, or in general in the expenditure of
public money, or in the conduct of the executive or administrative busi-
ness of the city, except as may be necessary for defraying the contingent
and incidental expenses .of the City Council, or of either branch thereof ;
nor shall they or either of them take part in the making of contracts.
Sect. 8. No sum appropriated for a specific purpose shall be expend-
ed for any other purpose ; and no expenditure shall be made and no lia-
bility shall be incurred by or on behalf of the city until the City Council
has duly voted an appropriation sufficient to meet such expenditure or
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liability, together with all prior unpaid liabilities which are payable
therefrom, except that after the expiration of the financial year and be-
fore the making of the regular annual appropriations, liabilities payable
out of the regular appropriations may be incurred to an amount not ex-
ceeding one-sixth of the total of the appropriation made for similar pur-
poses in the preceeding year ; provided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to restrict or limit the School Committee
in any expenditure which it is now or may be hereafter authorized to
make under any general law of the Commonwealth, or to restrict or
limit payments on account of the permanent or temporary debt, or such
as are required by law to be made to the Commonwealth.
Sect. 9. All revenues and all monies accruing to the City of Lowell
from any source whatever, except trust funds and the revenues of the
Water Department, shall, when collected or paid into the treasury, be
carried to one general account, to be known as the General Treasury
Fund ; and all appropriations by or on behalf of said city, except from
trust funds and on account of the Water Department, shall be from such
fund and as provided in section ten of this act.
Sect. 10 All bills or other claims, before they are finally certified
by the Auditor or paid, shall pass the inspection of a committee of the
City Council on accounts. Said committee shall consist of one member
of the Board of Aldermen and two members of the Common Council, to
be elected annually by ballot by the body they respectively represent.
Said committee may report any such bill or claim to the City Council,
with their reasons therefor, and no bill or claim so reported shall be
passed by the Auditor, or be paid without the consent of the Council.
Said committee may require the opinion of the City Solicitor as to the
legality of a bill or other claim.
Sect. 11. A yea and nay vote of the members of the City Council
shall be required to pass any order or vote involving the expenditure or
appropriation of the public monies, or involving any debt or liability,
and said vote shall be entered upon the records of each branch of the
City Council.
Sect. 12. Less than a quorum of either branch of the City Council,
or of the School Committee, or of the Board of Overseers of the Poor,
may adjourn to a fixed day earlier than the next regular meeting, and
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shall have power to compel the attendance of absent members in such
manner as the City Council may by ordinance provide.
Sect. 13. All acts or parts of acts and all ordinances of the City of
Lowell inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed and annulled ; provid-
ed, that no act or ordinance heretofore repealed shall thereby be revived >'
and provided, also, that nothing in this act shall be taken to prohibit
the City Council from abolishing any department, board, office or com-
mission created by ordinance.
Sect. 14. The question of the acceptance of this act shall be submit-
ted to the qualified voters of the City of Lowell at the annual State elec-
tion in the present year, and the affirmative votes of a majority of the
voters present and voting thereon shall be required for such acceptance.
If so accepted, so much thereof as provides for the election of a Chief of
the Department of Supplies shall take effect at the next annual munici-
pal election, and the act shall take full effect on the first Monday of Jan-
uary in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. [Approved May 16,
1896.
[Chap. 95.]
An Act relative to the duties and powers of certain officers
of the City of Lowell.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Lowell, and each branch
thereof, shall have and exercise all the power and authority relative to
the election or appointment of city officers, or the confirmation of ap-
pointments to office, which were vested in thern prior to the enactment of
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section one of chapter four hundred and fifteen of the acts of the year
eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
Sect. 2. The Chief of the Fire Department of said city shall be
elected by concurrent vote of both branches of the City Council.
Sect. 3. The City Council shall by ordinance determine what officers
shall be the heads of the various departments of the City Government.
The head of the department of supplies may sell or dispose of the per-
sonal property' of the city, upon the recommendation of the Mayor and
of the head of the department to which such property belongs, except
the products of the City Farm, which the superintendent of said farm
shall have the right to dispose of.
Sect. 4. All ordinances of said city inconsistent herewith are hereby
annulled, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed.
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved Feb-
ruary 20, 1897.
[Chap. 173.]
An Act relative to appointments in the fire department of
the City of Lowei<i,.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Section 1. The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of the City
of Lowell may, on the recommendation of the Board of Engineers, ap-
point as members of the permanent force, or as call men, without civil
service-examination, any person who has served as call or substitute call-
man in said service for three or more successive years prior to the passage
of this act.
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Sect. 2. Said Chief Engineer shall have the power to discharge all
subordinate officers and employees in the Fire Department of said city,
except the members of said board, and with the approval of said board,
to appoint and employ all such officers and employees.
Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved
March 15, 1898.
Sec. 7, Chap. 26, Revised Laws.
No election of a city officer by a municipal body or board shall be
valid unless made by a viva voce vote, each member who is present
answering to his name when it is called by the clerk or other proper offi-
cer, stating the name of the person for whom he votes, or that he de-
clines to vote. The clerk or other proper officer shall record every such
vote.
OF HE (Iff OF LOWELL.
Passed Since 1894.
An Ordinance authorizing the city treasurer to issue regis-
tered CERTIFICATES, NOTES OR BONDS IN EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFI-
CATES, NOTES OR BONDS PAYABLE TO BEARER.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
*The City Treasurer may, in accordance with the provisions of Sec-
tion 5 of Chapter 77 of the Public Statutes, at the request of the owner
or holder of any bond, promissory note sor certificate of indebtedness of
the city of Lowell, at any time while more than one year remains before
the principal of such bond, note or certificate is payable, issue in ex-
change therefor a bond, note or certificate of same effect, payable to the
owner or holder by name.
The City Treasurer may also, under like conditions, issue registered
certificates, in substitution for any mutilated, defaced or indorsed bonds,
notes or certificates ; and where a bond, note or certificate of any issue
has been lost or destroyed, the City Treasurer, under the direction of the
joint standing committee on finance, may issue in place thereof a new
bond, note or certificate of the same effect.
The City Auditor, as well as the City Treasnrer, shall keep a register
of the dates, numbers and amounts of all bonds, notes and certificates is-
sued by the City Treasurer, showing to whom they were issued, when
they are payable, and if issued in exchange, for what they were substitu-
ted. [Approved May 12, 1896.
*Now Sect. 4, Chapt. 73, Revised Laws.
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An Ordinance amending section thirteen of chapter one of
the revised ordinances so as to provide that the salaries
and compensation of city officers when once established
shall continue until re-established or changed.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section 13 of Chapter 1 of the Revised Ordinances is hereby amend-
ed by striking out between the word "year" in the third line of said
section and the word " provided " in the sixth line thereof, the following
words : " for the year commencing on the first Monday of January next
ensuing : and no change of salary shall be made to take effect during the
time for which said salary was established," and inserting in place there-
of the following: "provided that when such salaries and compensa-
tion shall have been once established, they shall continue until re-estab-
lished or changed in pursuance of the provisions of this section ; and,"
so that said section as amended shall read as follows :
Section 13. The salaries and compensation of city officers shall be
established in the month of December and after the annual municipal
election shall have been held, in each year ; provided, that when such
salaries and compensation shall have been once established, they shall
continue until re-established or changed in pursuance of the provisions
of this section ; and provided that is case any new office shall be created
the salary of said newly created office may be fixed at any time ; and the
salaries or compensation fixed for the payment of said officers shall be in
full for all services performed by them by virtue of their offices ; and all
sums of money received by them from any and every source, in discharge
of said services, during any quarter oi the fiscal year, shall at the expira-
tion of said quarter be by them paid over or accounted for to the City
Treasurer. [Approved May 12, 1896.
An Ordinance regulating the weighing and measuring of cer-
tain ARTICLES PURCHASED BY THE CITY.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows:
All supplies of hay, grain, straw, coal, and any other material pur-
chased for the use of the city or any department thereof exceeding one
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hundred pounds in weight and usually weighed, shall be weighed on the
city scales, and all wood purchased for said city shall be measured by the
City Measurer of Wood, and no bills shall be paid by the City Treasurer
or approved by any committee for such article so furnished the city, un-
less the certificate of said weigher or measurer shall accompany or be
attached to said bill. [Approved May 12, 1896.
An Ordinance to prevent the placing of ashes, gi^ass, crock-
ery, ETC., IN OR ON THE PUBLIC STREETS OR WAYS.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section 1. Any person who shall put or place, or cause to be put or
placed, in or upon any street, lane or alley, or other public place in this
city, any ashes, glass, crockery, scrap iron, nails, tacks or any other arti-
cle which would be liable to injure the feet of children or animals, or the
tires of bicycles or other vehicles which have wheels with rubber or
pneumatic tires, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sect. 2. Any person violating the provisious of the preceding sec-
tion or who is guilty of the misdemeanor therein described, shall be lia-
ble to a fine of not less than two dollars or more than twenty dollars for
each offence. [Approved Oct. 9, 1896.
An Ordinance amending sections one and nine of chapter
twenty of the ordinances of the city of i,oweiyl.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section 1. That section 1, of Chapter 20 of the Ordinances of the
City of Lowell be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "engineer" in the second line of said section, the words "a first
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assistant engineer and three other," and by striking out the word " four "
in the second line of said section, and by inserting after the word "re-
moved " in the sixteenth line of said section, the words "the first assist-
ant engineer shall be appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in the
month of March or April, or whenever a vacancy occurs, and he shall
enter upon the discharge of the duties of his office on the first day of
May of the year in which appointed, if appointed for a full term
prior to May of any year, and he shall hold said office for a term of three
years from said first day of May, and until his successor is appointed, or
he is removed ; and if appointed after the first day of May in any year,
he shall enter upon the duties of said office forthwith and shall continue
therein until the expiration of the full term as existing at the time of
said appointment, or until removed," and by inserting between the words
"said" and "assistant" in the seventeenth line of said section, the
word " other " and by inserting after the word " engineer " in the twenty-
eighth line of said section, and before the word "shall" in the twenty-
ninth line of said section, the words "and first assistant engineer,"
so that said section shall read as follows :
Section i. The Fire Department shall consist of a Chief Engineer,
a First assistant engineer, who shall perform such duties as may be re-
quired of him by the Chief Engineer, and three other assistant engineers
and as many enginemen, hosemen, hook and laddermen and other per-
sons, to be divided into companies, as the number of engines and other
fire apparatus of the city shall from time to time require ; the Chief Engi-
neer shall be appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in the month of
March or April, and whenever a vacancy occurs, and he shall enter upon
the discharge of the duties of said office on the first day of May of the
year in which appointed, if appointed for a full term prior to May of any
year, and he shall hold said office for the term of three years from said
first day of May or until he is removed ; and if appointed after the first
day of May of any year, he shall enter upon the discharge of the duties
of said office forthwith, and shall continue therein until the expiration of
the full term as existing at the time of his said appointment, or until re-
moved. The First Assistant Engineer shall be appointed by the Mayor
and Alderriien in the month of March or April, and whenever a vancancy
occurs, and he shall enter upon the discharge of the duties of his office
on the first day of May of the year in which appointed, if appointed for
a full term prior to May of any year, and he shall hold said office for a
term of three years from said first day of May and until his successor is
appointed or he is removed ; and if appointed after the first day of May
in any year, he shall enter upon the duties of said office forthwith, and
shall continue therein until the expiration of the full term as existing at
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the time of his said appointment, or until he is removed ; and the appoint-
ment of said other assistant engineers shall be made by the Mayor and
Aldermen in the month of March or April annually, and whenever a
vacancy occurs, and they shall hold their respective offices for the term
of one year from the first day of May succeeding their appointment, or
until others are chosen ; all other members of the Fire Department
shall be nominated by the Board of Engineers, and their names sent to
the Mayor and Aldermen, and when by them appointed they shall be
members of the Fire Department ; provided, that vacancies may be filled
at any time, and that the Mayor and Aldermen may at any time remove
any and all of said officers or members ; except that the Chief Engineer
and First Assistant Engineer shall not be removed without a hearing and
cause shown thereat. No person shall be appointed a member of the
Fire Department who does not sustain a good moral character and who is
not a citizen of the City of Lowell.
Sect. 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [Approv-
ed Nov. 27, 1896.
An Ordinance in relation to an ordinance on openings and
excavations in streets and imposing a penalty.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
. Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall dig up, make any
excavation in, or in any manner change or interfere with the surface or
grade of any street for the purpose of laying water, gas or sewer pipes or
railway tracks, or tor any other purpose, without first giving notice to
the Superintendent of Streets, which notice shall state specifically the
time when work will be commenced and the probable time within which
it shall be completed.
Sect. 2. When any opening or excavation shall be made in any
street in pursuance of Section 1, the Superintendent of Streets, by him-
self or by a servant or agent appointed by him for that purpose, shall see
that the surface of such streets is left in good order and condition for
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public travel thereon. The expense for labor and material used in clos-
ing and covering such excavation shall in all cases be borne by the party
causing the same to be made.
Sect. 3. Said Superintendent shall, when about to build a new sewer
or repair an old one. notify all the abutters on that part of the line of
said sewer when he proposes to do work, so that said abutters may enter
said sewer. He shall notify all abutters, when about to construct a new
street, at least four weeks before beginning work, and when about to
make a new surface of any street, at least two weeks before beginning
work, shall notify the Superintendent of Lamps and Water Board and all
persons authorized to place any obstructions in such street, and shall re-
quire and see that all said departments or persons having any work to be
done in the street so designated, shall do all such work before the surface
of such street is again prepared for and opened to public travel, and after
the completion of the work then done in such street, shall not permit
any department or person who shall have been so notified, for the space
of two years, to again disturb the surface of such street or way within
the area of such previous disturbance, except in case of obvious necessi-
ty, to be verified in writing to, and approved by the Mayor, and except in
cases of tracks or leaks in pipes, sewers or wires.
Sect 4. Any person, firm or corporation who shall dig up, make
any excavations, or in any way change or alter the grade or surface of
any accepted street, without giving the notice mentioned in Section 1 of
this ordinance, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.
Sect. 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances, resolutions and or-
ders of the City Council inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.
[Approved November 27, 1896.
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An Ordinance creating the office of superintendent of com-
mons AND PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF SUCH OFFICER.
(Superceded by Chap. 28, Revised Laws.)
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section 1. There shall be chosen by concurrent vote of both branches
of the City Council in the month of January, 1898, a Superintendent of
Commons ; and in the month of January in each year thereafter, the City
Council by concurrent vote of both branches shall elect a Superintend-
ent of Commons who shall hold his office for one year and until his suc-
cessor is chosen, but said officer may be removed from office at any time
by a two-third's vote of both branches of the City Council voting by yeas
and nays. Any vacancy which may occur in said office shall be filled
in like manner by concurrent vote of the City Council for the remain-
der of the unexpired term.
Sect. 2. Said Superintendent of Commons shall be the head of the
Department of Commons, and shall have the care and control of all
the commons and parks of the city, and of all the property connected
with said department, and shall have the general care and management
of all matters pertaining to said department ; shall make and execute all
contracts necessary therefor, except the purchase of material and sup-
plies, but every contract made as aforesaid in which the amount involved
exceeds three hundred dollars, shall be approved by the Mayor before
going into effect. [Approved June 18, 1897.
An Ordinance amending section twelve of chapter five of the
revised ordinances.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
That section 12 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Lowell be
and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words " nor on either
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side of Westford Street from the westerly line of Grand Street to the
easterly line of Royal Street for a distance of fifty feet back from either
line of Westford Street. [Approved July 21, 1897.
An Ordinance amending section fifteen, chapter thirty-nine
of the revised ordinances of the year fighteen hundred
and ninty-four.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
That section 15, Chapter 39, of the Revised Ordinances of the year
1894, be and is hereby amended by striking out of the seventh line the
word "forty-third," and inserting in place thereof the word "forty-
fifth." [Approved July 21, 1897.
An Ordinance regulating hawkers and peddlers.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows:
Section 1. No person shall hawk or peddle, sell or expose for sale
within said city any of the articles enumerated in Section 1 of Chapter
68* of the Public Statutes, until he has been duly licensed by and has
recorded his name and residence with the Board of Police of the City of
Lowell, and has been assigned a number by said board, to be worn in such
manner as said board may prescribe. Provided, however, that the fore-
going provisions shall not apply to any other person than the one named
in the license.
Sect. 2. No person hawking, peddling or selling, or exposing for
sale any of the articles enumerated in Section 1 of Chapter 68* of the
Public Statutes, shall cry his wares to the disturbance of the peace and
comfort of the inhabitants of the city.
*Now Chapter 65, Sect. 15, 16, of the Revised Laws.
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•
Sect. 3. No hawker or peddler shall carry or convey any of the ar-
ticles enumerated in Chapter 68* of the Public Statutes in any manner
that will tend to injure the public health, or disturb the public peace or
comfort, nor otherwise than in vehicles and receptacles which have print-
ed on them in letters and figures at least two inches in height the name
of the person selling and the number given him by the Board of Police.
Sect. 4. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the preceding
sections of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not more than
twenty dollars for each offence. [Approved July 29, 1897.*
An Ordinance to amend section eighteen of chapter six of
the city ordinances relating to the hitching of horses
to lamp posts.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section 18 of Chapter 6 of the City Ordinances is hereby amended
by striking out all after the word " any " in the third line thereof and in-
serting instead thereof the words " lamp posts maintained by the city,"
so that said section as amended shall read as follows :
Sect. 18. No owner, driver or other person having the care or order-
ing of a vehicle shall hitch or fasten the horse or horses attached thereto
to any lamp post maintained by the city. [Approved January 1, 1898.
An Ordinance authorizing the city treasurer to prescribe
the system of bookkeeping for certain departments and
officers receiving money belonging to the city and pro-
VIDING FOR MORE FREQUENT RETURNS OF SUCH MONEY TO THE
CITY TREASURY.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section 1. All departments and officers of the City Government ex-
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cept the City Treasurer, whose official duty requires the receipt of money
belonging to the city, shall keep such books and records relating to the
same as shall be prescribed by the City Treasurer.
Sect. 2. The heads of each department and officers receiving money
for the city shall remit to the Treasurer as often as once in each month
any balance that may be in the possession of such department or officer
belonging to the city, except in case when the time for such payment
into the City Treasury is prescribed by statute.
Sect. 3. The Joint Committee on Accounts shall annually in con-
nection with the annual examination of the accounts of the City Treas-
urer, examine, investigate and audit the books and accounts of all depart-
ments and officers receiving money for the city, and said committee shall
make report of such examination to the City Council.
Sect. 4. All heads of departments and officers whose official duty re-
quires the rendering of bills to individuals, cities or towns for charges of
any nature, shall hereafter deliver all such bills to the City Treasurer for
collection through his office.
Sect. 5. Section 9 of Chapter 1 of the Revised Ordinances and all
ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed. [Approved Jaunary 1, 1898.
An Ordinance providing for estimates for appropriations and
for other purposes.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows:
Section 1. At the beginning of each municipal year and not later
than the third Tuesday in January the Mayor shall make and transmit to
the City Council an estimate of the expenditures required for the year.
Such estimate shall be framed and itemized so as to show separately :
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Par. 2. The amounts required by each department, office, board,
commission or other sub-division of the executive branch of the govern-
ment, and so far as may be practicable for the sub-division of the work
of each department.
Par. 3. The salary or compensation of each officer, deputy, assist-
ant, clerk, or employee of the city not classed as a laborer. The amounts
required for labor shall, when practicable, be stated separately from
those for materials and supplies.
Par. 4. Such estimate shall be in such lorm as to show in parallel
columns, opposite each item, the amount paid for the previous year, and
the amount unexpended at the close of such year.
Sect. 2. The Mayor shall make, or cause to be made, and shall
transmit to the City Council with the estimate required by the preceding
section :
Par. 2. An itemized estimate of the revenues of the year from all
sources except taxation of real and personal property and polls.
Par. 3. A statement of the balance unpaid at the close of the previ-
ous year on account of temporary loans, and the amount due by financial
years, as unpaid taxes on real and personal property and polls.
Par. 4. An itemized statement of the debt, with interest becoming
due during the year, and the margin available for loans within the debt
limit for the year.
Par. 5. An itemized statement of all orders, etc., of the City Coun-
cil involving expenditures which have not been appropriated for. In all
cases the finances of the water service shall be shown separately.
Sect. 3. All regular annual appropriations shall be for and only ap-
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plicable to the liabilities incurred during the year in which they are
made, any form of phraseology in the order, resolution or vote providing,
for the same, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Par. 2. It shall be the duty of the Auditor to close all regular
annual appropriation accounts with the last secular day in December
of the year for which the appropriations are made, and to credit the gen-
eral treasury fund account or accounts with the water service, as the case
may be, with the balance to the credit of such appropriations ; and there-
after no payment shall be made under such appropriations. He shall
promptly report to the City Council the amount of each balance thus
credited, and amount available in the general treasury fund, and the
account with the water service, for the expenditures of the current year
not otherwise appropriated.
Par. 3. All claims, accounts and bills against the City of Lowell
under such appropriations remaining unpaid at such date, shall be num-
bered consecutively, and be entered by the Auditor in such order, in a
permanent book of record, to be known as the register of claims, so as to
show the name of the claimant, the amount claimed and allowed, the na-
ture of the service and the action had thereon. The Auditor shall trans-
mit to the City Council, on or before the first regular meeting night in
February, of either branch of the City Council, a schedule of such claims
with a condensed statement of the nature of each claim, and the action
had thereon.
Sect. 4. The several estimates and statements called for by this
ordinance shall on theis receipt by either branch of the City Council be
referred, without other action, to the Joint Committee on Appropriations,
Par. 2. The Committee on Appropriations shall consist of the Chair-
man and two additional members of the Board of Aldermen and the
President and three additional members of the Common Council.
Section 6 of Chapter 1 of the Ordinances of the City of Lowell is
hereby repealed.
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Par. 3. Said committee shall have access to all or any of the records
and official papers of the city, shall have power to require from any offi-
cer or employee of the city such additional statement or statements relat-
ing to the expenditures and revenues of the city as it may deem essential,
and to summon any officer or employee of the city to be present at any
designated meeting of said committee ; and to remain in attendance until
discharged by the committee ; and any officer or employee who shall fail
or refuse to comply with such request, order or summons, may be report-
ed to the City Council or either branch thereof, for such action as it may
have the power to take and see fit to exercise.
Sect. 5. The Committee on Appropriations shall make a final report
in print, not exceeding two hundred copies, to the City Council or either
branch thereof, on or before the fifteenth day of February of each year
unless granted further time by the City Council.
Sect. 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting with this
ordinance are hereby repealed. [Approved January 1, 1898.
An Ordinance providing for the appointiment of an inspector
of wires and defining the duties of such officer, in ac-
cordance with chapter four hundred and four, acts of
1890.*.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section 1. Within thirty days after the passage of this Ordinance,
there shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the
Board of Aldermen, an Inspector of Wires for the City of Lowell, who
shall enter upon the duties of his office immediately, and shall hold said
office, unless sooner removed, until the first day of February, 1901, and
prior to the first day of February, 1901, and prior to the first day of Feb-
ruary of every third year thereafter, there shall be appointed in like
•Now Chapter 122, Revised Laws.
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manner an Inspector of Wires who shall hold his office during a term of
three years and until his successor is appointed, unless sooner removed
in the manner prescribed by law.
Sect. 2. Said Inspector of Wires shall perform the duties prescribed
by Section 3, Chapter 404 of the Acts of 1890,* and such other duties as
are or may be hereafter prescribed by the laws of the Commonwealth or
the ordinances of the city. He shall annually in the month of January
make a report to the City Council of the business of his office for the
year ending the thirty-first day of December next preceding. [Approv-
ed July 15, 1898.
An Ordinance relating to the permanent repairs on streets
and the placing of underground services therein ; also
to the necessary repairs of same.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section 1. That before any street is paved with granite, concrete or
other paving, macadamized or otherwise put in permanent repair by the
city, the owners of land abutting on such street shall be notified at least
four weeks previous to the time when such permanent improvements are
to be commenced, that all underground services, whether for sewer, water,
gas, electrical or other connections, shall be constructed and placed in
said street previous to the date set for the making of said permanent
improvements.
Sect. 2. That all corporations or individuals having services laid in
said street, or intending or desiring to construct the same, whether for
gas, electric, telephone, telegraph, or for any service of whatsoever na-
ture, or who shall desire to renew or repair services already constructed,
shall be notified by the posting of a notice at the City Hall of the inten-
tion of the city to so repair such street, and by a notice which shall be
published for six#consecutive days in one morning and one evening news-
paper printed in the city of Lowell, the last publication of said notice to
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be at least three weeks previous to the time stated for making said per-
manent improvements.
Sect. 3. That when any street has been so paved, macadamized, or
otherwise put in permanent repair, it shall not be opened or torn up
for the placing of any new underground construction of any nature what-
soever during five years next succeeding the date in said published
and posted notices stating the intention of the city to place said street in
permanent repair ; provided, however, that in case repairs to any service
become necessary, the same may be made after a permit has been granted
by the Board of Aldermen, and said repairs shall be made under the su-
pervision of the Superintendent'of Streets. In case of leakage of gas or
water pipes, the same may be repaired at once by the Gas Company or
Water Board, and the surface of the street placed in a condition satisfac-
tory to the Superintendent of Streets.
Sect. 4. Wherever on said street there may be unimproved land,
and where no sewer, gas, water or other necessary services have been
constructed, the same shall be laid and constructed, to a point at least
two feet beyond the outside line of the sidewalk on said street, one each
of the services mentioned for gas, water and sewer connections, for each
fifty feet of frontage of the said land on said street, or at such distances
as may be agreed upon by the owner of said land and the Superintendent
of Streets. In case of neglect of the owner or of a corporation or indi-
vidual to construct the same, said service for sewer, water and gas con-
nections may be constructed by the city, and shall be paid for by the par-
ties to whom rightfully belongs the construction of the same.
Sect. 5. Any violation of the foregoing conditions in regard to the
digging up of streets shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty
dollars ($20).
Sect. 6. All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent here-
with are hereby repealed. [Approved August 5, 1898.
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An Ordinance providing for the appointment of a superinten-
dent AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE AID.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows:
Section i. Within thirty days after the passage of this ordinance
there shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation of the
Board of Aldermen, a Superintendent of State Aid and an Assistant
Superintendent of State Aid for the City of Lowell, who shall enter upon
the duties of their offices immediately and shall hold said offices, unless
sooner removed, until j the first day of February, 1899 ; and prior to the
first day of February, 1899, and prior to the first day of February of
every year thereafter, there shall be appointed in like manner a Superin-
tendent of State Aid and an Assistant Superintendent of State Aid, who
shall hold their offices during a term of one year and until their succes-
sors are appointed, unless sooner removed in the manner prescribed by
law.
Sect. 2. Said Superintendent of State Aid shall disburse State Aid
and City Aid under the direction of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen as
prescribed by *Chapter 279 of the Acts of 1893, *Chapters 279 and 301 of
the Acts of 1894, *Chapter 279 of the Acts of 1896, *Chapter 561 of the
Acts of 1898, or any other laws of the Commonwealth, or that may be
hereafter prescribed by the ordinances of the city. He shall annually, in
the month of January, make a report to the City Council of the business
of his office for the year ending on the thirty-first of December next
preceding.
Sect. 3. Said Assistant Superintendent of State Aid shall perform
such duties as may be prescribed by the Superintendent of State Aid.
[Approved September 27, 1898.
*Now Chapt 79, Revised Laws.
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An Ordinance amending section six of chapter nine of the
revised ordinances of the city of lowell.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows:
That Chapter 9 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Lowell be
amended by striking out Section 6 and substituting therefor the
following :
Sect. 6. The City Treasurer shall receive and have the care and cus-
tody of all sums of money paid the city by persons for the perpetual care
of lots in any of the city cemeteries, and give the vouchers of the city
therefor, and money so received shall constitute a special fuud to be
known as the " Cemetery Fund for the perpetual care of lots." The
Treasurer shall not receive a sum of money less than one hundred dollars
($100.00) for the perpetual care of lots in any of the city cemeteries or
public burial grounds. The Treasurer shall notify the Superintendent of
the cemetery^of all such payments, together with the description of the
lots and graves on account of which such payments are made, and
annually, at such times as the Trustees of Public Burial Grounds request,
shall pay over to them four per centum as interest upon all sums so paid
to and receipted by him. The Treasurer shall invest the moneys of this
fund in securities in which by law the funds of savings banks may be
invested, and pay the amount of interest realized thereon into the City
Treasury. [Approved October 11, 1898.
An Ordinance relating to the construction and repair of
buildings.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section 1. Before the repair, erection, construction or material
alteration of any building, the owner, architect or builder thereof shall
file with the Superintendent of Buildings a statement in writing, giving
the intended location of such building, its dimensions, materials, manner
of construction and estimated cost. If such a building is to be repaired,
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erected or materially altered within the fire limits of the city, such owner
architect or builder shall, in addition to the statement aforesaid, submit
for examination full specifications and plans of the proposed repairs,
buildings or alterations ; the owner or contractor shall also sign an agree-
ment that the proposed work shall be done in accordance with the
description set forth in such plans, specifications and statement, and all
such matters and things connected with such work shall be done in strict
compliance with this chapter. If it appears from said statement, plans
and specifications that the building to be erected, altered or repaired will
conform to the provisions of this chapter, so far as applicable thereto,
then the Superintendent of Buildings shall issue a permit. No person
shall repair, construct or materially alter any building without such
permit.
Sect. 2. The Superintendent of Buildings shall furnish suitable
blanks upon which applications shall be made ; and such applications
shall be recorded by the Assessors in a book provided for the purpose,
each page of which shall be a duplicate of such application for the erec-
tion, construction or material alteration of any building in the City of
Lowell after the passage of this ordinance.
Sect. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [Approv-
ed December 29, 1898. (Amended 1901.)
An Ordinance relating to assessment of taxes in the city of
LOWELL.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Chapter 3 of the Revised Ordinances of 1894 is hereby amended by
striking out all after Section 1 of said chapter, and substituting in place
thereof the following :
Sect. 2. The Board of Assessors shall annually, in the month of
January, or as soon as practicable thereafter, organize, by choosing one of
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their number to act as Chairman ; said Chairman shall not receive extra
compensation, and all members of the Board shall devote their whole
time to the service of the city.
Sect. 3. It shall be the duty of the Assessors of Taxes to complete
their assessment and place the list of taxes in the hands of the Collector
of Taxes on or before the first day of September, annually; and they
shall, on or before the first day of September, annually, indicate on said
list the residence of the several taxpayers for that year and the year
next preceding.
Sect. 4. When any tax shall be abated in whole or in part by the
Assessors of Taxes, they shall make a record thereof in a book to be kept,
by them for that purpose, which record shall contain the names of all
persons whose taxes may be so abated, and the reasons for such abate-
ment ; and they shall also annually, in the month of January, make out
and transmit to the City Council a full report of the work of their Board,
said report to show the total valuation of the city, amount of real estate,
amount of personal estate, total corporation valuation in detail, total
valuation in bank stock, street-watering assessment, number of polls,
name, amount and reason of any abatement of taxes and such other
items as may be of interest to the public. Said figures to be in a column
parallel to a column containing the figures of the preceding year.
Sect. 5. The Assessors shall annually, on the thirty-first day of
December, report to the Auditor, all abatement of taxes made by them
during the year ending on said day, distinguishing the abatements made
on the different years' taxes, and whether abated before or after collec-
tion.
Sect. 6. The Assessors shall have full power to hire as many tempo-
rary clerks, not to exceed six, as may be necessary to assist them in the
performance of their duties, the compensation of said clerks not to exceed
two dollars and fifty cents per day, and they shall only be employed dur-
ing the months of May to September inclusive. Provided, however, that
permanent clerks, not to exceed two, one to be known as Chief Clerk,
may be employed the whole year at such compensation as the Board may
determine. They shall also have the power to employ six temporary
assistants during the months of May and June for the purpose of obtain-
*
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ing the list of polls and incidental personal property, compensation not
to exceed three dollars per day. Said Assistant Assessors shall be
appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Board of Alder-
men and Common Council.
Sect. 7. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [Approv-
ed February 28, 1899.
An Ordinance establishing an inspection of wires department,
and governing the same.
Be it ordained, etc, as follows :
Section 1. An Inspection of Wires Department is hereby estal-
lished, of which the Inspector of Wires shall be the head.
Sect. 2. The Inspector of Wires shall have supervision of all electric
and other wires erected upon, over or under any street, way or building,
and of every wire within any building where such wire is designed to
carry an electric current, and shall have authority over, and shall inspect
such wires, their condition, attachments, insulation, supports and appli-
ances ; he shall require all persons and corporations owning or operating
wires to place and arrange all posts, arms, fixtures, insulating supports,
attachments and appliances so as to secure safety to life and property,
and shall see that the provisions of *Chapter 404 of the Acts of 1890 and
all other laws, ordinances and regulations relating to electric and other
wires are strictly enforced, and shall give prompt notice to any person or
corporation owning or operating any such wire, when in his judgment
the same is unsafe, or is not placed, kept and maintained in accordance
with the requirements of said chapter or the provisions of any other law,
ordinance or regulation.
Sect. 3. Said Inspector shall, at least once in each year, inspect all
posts supporting electric or other wires upon or over any street or build-
*Now Chapt. 122 Revised Laws.
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ing, and all supports of such wires when attached to buildings, and ascer-
tain if said posts and supports are kept in proper condition and not weak-
ened by decay or other causes ; and in case any person or corporation
owning, leasing, or operating wires shall neglect or refuse to maintain
said supports in proper condition for safety, the Inspector shall cause said
fixtures and supports to be put in proper condition at the expense of the
person or corporation owning or operating the same, after first giving the
person or corporation due notice in writing of his intended action.
Sect. 4. It shall be the duty of the Inspector to cause to be removed
all dead wires of whatever nature, attached to buildings, if, in his judg-
ment, they are in a dangerous condition or liable to become dangerous to
life or property, and he shall notify in writing the person or corporation
owning, leasing or operating such wires of his desire for the removal of
any wire, and give them at least ten days in which to comply with the
requirements, except in cases in which, in his judgment, there is immedi-
ate liability of injury to person or property from the wire and in all
such cases the notice shall require their removal forthwith. In the event
of the refusal of any person or corporation to take proper action, the In-
spector may cause the work to be done and the expense to be charged to
the owners.
Sect. 5. No person or corporation shall allow any piece of wire to
be left on the surface of any street or sidewalk, or to permit unused fix-
tures, coils or loose ends of wire to remain attached to any cross arm or
post more than twenty-four hours without special permission.
Sect. 6. Every person or corporation operating electric or other
wires over or under any street, way or building in the city, upon request
of the Inspector shall furnish within fifteen days thereafter accurate lists
of the posts or other supports of their wires, the location of conduits and
manholes, with information as to location, where, and what service is
rendered, whether telegraphic, telephonic, power or electric lighting,
and in the latter case, whether arc or incandescent current is used.
Sect. 7. The said Inspector, upon request, shall also be furnished
by any person or corporation operating or owning electric wires with
such information as to kind, size and tested strength of supporting
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or service wires, the maximum volts used, together with such other
information as may be necessary to the faithful and effectual discharge of
his duties.
Sect. 8. All wires, appliances and apparatus in the interior of
public buildings or on private premises which are intended for the trans-
mission of electricity, either for isolated lighting or power, or to be con-
nected with an outside circuit, shall be made, placed and arranged, and
at all times kept safe to the satisfaction of the Inspector ; and said
Inspector may at all proper and reasonable times have access to such
wires and apparatus.
Sect. 9. In no case shall a current of electricty be connected to any
system of wiring or apparatus intended to be used for power or lighting,
without permission being first obtained and a written permit granted by
the Inspector of Wires ; the jurisdiction of the Inspector is intended to
include all public and private electrical systems that are now and may
hereafter be installed in the City of Lowell.
This ordinance is not intended to govern or call for the inspection of
electric bell systems, private or public telephones inside of public or
private buildings, or the interior apparatus or boxes of the fire alarm or
police system of the city.
Sect. 10. No person or corporation shall change the position or
make additions to any wiring system, or install any new work or elec-
trical apparatus without first notifying the Inspector, and he given full
opportunity to inspect the same before such work is completed ; and
when any electric wires designed to carry an electric light or power
current are to be concealed, the Inspector must be notified before work is
commenced, and he shall give his permission and approval for all such
work and connections immediately, unless in his judgment such apparatus
or wiring endangers life or property or is not in accordance with the laws
and ordinances, or in conformity with the established insurance rules.
Sect. 11. The Inspector shalt require that the established rules and
regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters shall be complied
with, both for outside and interior construction.
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Sect. 12. It shall be the duty of the Inspector of Wires to carry out
any order of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on any matters referred
to him by them, coming under the laws or ordinances, and all questions
of right and authority shall be detemined by the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen upon any appeal or refusal of any person or corporation to
comply with the requirements of the Inspector and the laws and
ordinances.
Sect. 13. The Inspector of Wires shall keep a record of all inspec-
tions and permits in a book provided for the purpose and this book shall
be open to inspection (at all reasonable times) by any interested parties.
The Inspector shall make monthly reports of his doings to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and an annual report to the City
Council.
Sect. 14. Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance after, being duly notified in writing by the
Inspector shall forfeit and pay for each offence not less than ten or more
than twenty dollars.
Sect. 15. The Inspector of Wires shall be on duty eight hours per
day, from 9 A. M. till 5 P. M. each regular working day, and at such
other times as cases of emergency may require, and shall receive such
compensation as may be determined by the City Council. Said Inspector
shall devote his whole time to the service of the city, and shall engage
in no other business or calling. [Approved July 26, 1899.
An Ordinance to provide for the election of a city physician
and defining his duties.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section I. There shall be chosen immediately after the approval of
this ordinance and thereafter annually in the month of March or April,
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and whenever a vacancy occurs, by concurrent vote of both branches of
the City Council, a City Physician, who shall enter upon the duties of his
office on the first day of May in each year and until his successor is
chosen, unless sooner removed therefrom in the manner provided by
law.
Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the City Physician to attend upon all
patients under the care of the city authorities at the City Farm or Police
Station ; to make a report annually in April to the City Council covering
the service rendered by him during the previous year. In case of an
alarm by any infectious or contagious disease to give to either branch of
the City Council or any committee thereof all such professional advice
and council as they may request of him, and generally to perform such
other professional services as may reasonably be required of him by the
Mayor or the City Council, or the Superintendent of the City Farm.
Sect. 3. Chapter 12 of the Revised Ordinances is hereby repealed.
[Approved June 27, 1900
An Ordinance prohibiting heavy teaming and trucking upon
the speedway portion of the pawtucket boulevard.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows:
Section I. The driving or drawing of heavy wagons, carts, trucks or
similar vehicles used for the purposes of transportation of stone, lumber,
coal, ice, express packages, groceries, or other merchandise requiring for
the transportation of the same a vehicle exceeding in weight a family
carriage, buggy, carry-all or similar vehicle used principally for pleasure
driving or recreation, is hereby prohibited upon that portion of Pawtucket
Boulevard commonly called the Speedway ; provided, however, that this
prohibition shall not apply to any vehicle used for the purpose of trans-
porting any article or material necessary for the improvement or repair
of said speedway, or of any portion of said boulevard, or of the structures
connected with the water plant in said boulevard.
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Sect. 2. Any person who shall violate any provision of Section 1 of
this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars
for each offense. [Approved July 31, 1900.
An Ordinance providing for the printing of the union labei,
on all printing for the city of lowell.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section. 2. That all printed matter for the City of Lowell shall here-
after bear the imprint of the Union Label of the Allied Printing Trades
Council of Lowell, Mass.
Sect. 2. That in calling for bids for city printing hereafter, the Chief
of the Department of Supplies shall make stipulation in accordance with
Section 1 of this ordinance.
Sect. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved
December 15, 1900.
An Ordinance establishiug the office of clerk of com-
mittees.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section r. There shall be a Clerk of Committees, to be chosen by
concurrent vote of both branches of the City Council as soon as> may be
after the enactment of this ordinance, who shall enter upon the duties of
his office immediately after his election, and hold the same for a period
of three years from and after January 1, 1901, and until his successor is
elected and qualified. Thereafter the City Council shall, in the month of
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January following the expiration of each three-year term, choose a Clerk
of Committees who shall hold office for three years. Such Clerk of
Committees shall receive such compensation as the City Council shall
determine.
Sect. 2. He shall make a proper record in books kept for the pur-
pose, of all proceedings and transactions, and keep a calendar of all
meetings of the committees of which he is clerk. He shall perform such
other duties and services, in making estimates and computations, drawing
orders and reports, and rendering assistance, as such committees shall
require.
Sect. On the request of the Chairman of any committee, the said
Clerk of Committees shall authorize the City Messenger to notify all
committee members of the time and place of meeting.
Sect. 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [Passed
December 18, 1900.
An Ordinance relating to advertising biels and posters.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows:
Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall distribute or cause to
be distributed in or upon any street, way, common, or place within the
limits of the City of Lowell, or post or cause to be posted on any bill-
board, fence, wall or structure, or shown in windows, any card, circular,
bill lithograph, or advertisement, whatsoever, containing any cut photo-
graph, painting or pictorial representation of any kind, for the purpose
of advertising or calling attention to any show, circus, play or exhibition,
whether given, or to be given, within or without the City of Lowell,
without having first submitted the same to the Supt. of Police and
obtaining his approval thereof, and of such distributing or posting.
And no such card aforesaid, bill or advertisement shall be distributed or
posted, as aforesaid, without having attached thereto or printed or pasted
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thereon, a statement that it has been approved by the Supt. of Police of
Lowell, and the date of such approval.
Sect. 2. Whoever violates the provisions of this ordinance, shall, on
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars
for each offence.
Sept. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [Approv-
ed December 27, 1901.
(Amended ordinance 1902.)
An Ordinance amending an ordinance entitled "an ordinance
relating to the construction of buildings."
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
That an ordinance entitled, " Relating to the construction and repair
of buildings, " be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the
third section thereof and inserting in place thereof the following
sections :
Sect. 3. Any person who shall violate any provisions of Section 1 of
this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars
($20.00) for each offence.
Sect. 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [Approv-
ed December 27, 1901.
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An Ordinance relating to the Approval of bills and claims
payable from the appropriations for incidentals.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section i. Every bill and claim against the city which, if correct,
would be chargable to the Appropriation for Incidentals, shall, before
being passed by the Committee on Accounts, be submitted to the Mayor,
who shall examine the same and endorse thereon a statement that he does
or does not object to the payment of the same or of any of the items
thereof. He shall then return such bill or claim to the City Auditor or
the Committee on Accounts, and if he objects to the payment of said bill
or claim, in whole or in part, he shall submit to said Auditor or to said
committee with said bill when so returned, a specific statement in writing
signed by him of his objections thereto and his reasons for such objection.
[Approved December 27, 1901.
An Ordinance relating to shade trees on the public streets
of the city of lowell-
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
First. That no person or corporation shall be allowed to remove any
shade trees on the streets of the City of Lowell without first filing a peti-
tion requesting authority for the removal of the same from the City
Council of said City.
Second. All petitions for the removal of shade trees on the streets of
Lowell thall be referred to the Aldermanic members of the Committee on
Streets of the City of Lowell.
Third. That the Aldermanic members of the Committee on Streets
shall constitute and be known as the Committee on Shade Trees.
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Fourth. That on the presentation of a petition for the removal of a
shade tree as aforesaid and after its reference to the Committee on Shade
Trees, they shall cause a notice to be posted on the tree by the Superin-
tendent of Streets or by some person authorized by him, said notice to set
forth that a petition for the removal of the tree upon which the notice
has been posted has been filed ; said notice shall also give the time and
place where all persons interested can be heard at a public hearing by
said committee. The above notice shall be posted on the tree at least
seven days before the time set for the hearing.
Fifth. That the Superintendent of Streets or the Committee on
Shade Trees shall not authorize the removal of any shade tree in the City
of Lowell except in accordance with the preceding sections. In case
where the Superintendent of Streets or the Committe on Shade Trees are
satisfied that public necessity by reason of danger to life and property
requires the immediate removal of a shade tree, the Superintendent or
said Committe may authorize such removal without complying with the
conditions named in the preceding sections.
Sixth. Any person or corporation violating this ordinance or any
provisions of the same, shall be punished for each offence by a fine not
exceeding twenty dollars.
Seventh. All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent here-
with are hereby repealed. [Approved December 27, 1901.
An Ordinance amending an ordinance entiled " relating to
advertising bills and posters.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
That the Ordinance entitled " Relating to advertising bills and
posters," passed by the City Council and approved by the Mayor
December 27, 1901, be and is hereby amended by striking out all after the
enacting clause and inserting in place thereof, the following : —
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Section i. No person, firm or corporation shall distribute, or cause
to be distributed in or upon any street, way, common or place within the
limits of the City of Lowell, or post or cause to be posted on any bill-
board, fence, wall, or structure, or shown in windows, any card, photo-
graph, painting or pictorial representation of any kind for the purpose
of advertising or calling attention to any burlesque show, whether given
or to be given within or without the limits of the City of Lowell ; nor
shall any person, firm or corporation distribute or cause to be distributed
within the limits of the City of Lowell any pamphlet or circular contain-
ing advertisements therein or aphrodisiac cures, without having first sub-
mitted the same to the Superintendent of Police and obtaining his
approval of such posting and distributing. And no such card, bill,
pamphlet, circular or advertisement aforesaid shall be posted or dis-
tributed without having attached thereto, or printed or pasted thereon, a
statement that it has been approved by the Superintendent of Police of
the City of Lowell, and the date of such approval.
Sect. 2. No person, firm or corporation shall throw, deposit, drop
or leave, nor cause to be thrown, deposited, dropped or left in the high-
way or upon the doorsteps or within the hallway of any dwelling house
within the limits of the City of Lowell, any sample of medicinal or toxic
substance, either in package or bulk and shall leave such sample of
medicinal or toxic substance in a dwelling house only with the consent
and approval and in the possession of an adult occupant.
Sect. 3. Whoever violates the provisions of this Ordinance shall,
on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars
for each offence.
Sect. 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [Ap-
proved 1902.
An Ordinance regulating the operation of motor cycles in
the city oe lowell.
Be it ordained, etc-, as follows :
Section 1. No motor cycle shall be ridden upon the streets, avenues
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boulevard, parks or commons of the City of Lowell, unless the motor of
such cycle shall be fully covered and provided with mufflers designed
expressly to deaden the noise of a motor cycle.
Sect. 2. Any person who violates the provisions of the preceding
section, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars for each
offence.
Sect. 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [Ap-
proved 1902.
An Ordinance officially designating city institution buildings
in chelmsford street as the lowell city hospital and
almshouse.
Be it ordained, etc., a% follows :
That the City Institution buildings located in Chelmsford Street be
designated and hereafter known as The Lowell City Hospital and Alms-
house.
This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved April
10, 1903.
An Ordinance amending sections 12 and 16 of chapter 39 of the
revised ordinances.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows:
That Section 12 of Chapter 39 of the Revised Ordinances be amend-
ed by striking out the words " board of aldermen " in the fifth and sixth
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lines of said section, and inserting instead thereof the words " Superin-
tendent of Streets ; " and that Section 16 of said chapter be amended by
striking out the words "Superintendent of Streets," and by striking out
the word '"they" in the fourth line and inserting instead thereof the
words " board of aldermen ; " so that said sections shall read as follows :
Sect. 12. No person shall break or dig up the ground in any street,
townway, highway, or common and public passageway, in the city, nor
erect any staging for building thereon, or pile or deposit thereon any
earth, bricks, lumber or other building material, without a written license
from the Superintendent of Streets, and without faithfully complying
with the conditions of such license.
Sect. 16. In all cases in which license may be given by the Superin-
tendent of Streets to obstruct any highway, street, townway, or passage-
way as described in the twelfth section of this chapter, the Board of
Aldermen may impose such reasonable conditions and limitations with
regard to the erection of barricades, the maintaining of lights and the
taking of other precautions for the security of travellers and passengers
as they shall consider necessary.
This Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [ Approve;} Octo-
ber 9, 1903.
An Ordinance authorizing the superintendent of police to
partition off streets, ways or sidewalks for the protec-
tion of the public.
Be it ordained, etc., as follows :
Section 1. For the protection and safety of the public, the Superin-
tendent of Police is authorized to partition off with rope, wire or other
material, any portion or portions of any street, way or sidewalk within
the limits of the City of Lowell on the occasion of any public observance,
MUNICIPAL REGISTER 95
celebration or procession, or upon any other occasion when, in the opin-
ion of the said Superintendent of Police, it becomes necessary.
Sect. 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. [Approv-
ed October 9, 1903.
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POPULATION OF THE CITY OF LOWELL.
Year
Population
Year
Population
Year
Population
Year
Population
1828
3.532
1840
20,981
1865
30,990
1890
77,696
1830
6,477
1844
25, i^3
1866
36,878
1895
84,359
1832
10,254
1846
29,127
1870
40,928
1900
94,969
1833
l-Zf&l
1850
33,383
1875
49,688
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1836
1837
17,633
18,010
1855,
• i860
37,554
36,827 ,
1880
59.485
64,107
1885
Population estimated for 1904 by the State Board of Health, 104,402.
CITY OFFICERS
WHEN ELECTED OR APPOINTED.
"All officers elected or appointed by the City Council, or. either
branch thereof, shall hold their offices according to the tenure of the
same and until their successors are chosen aud qualified, unless other-
wise provided for.
AGENT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Appointed by the Board of Health under civil service rules.
ASSESSORS OF TAXES.— Three.
One chosen in the month of January or February by concurrent
vote of the City Council for the term of three years. Ordinances,
Chapter 3, Section 1.
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.— Six.
Appointed by the Mayor in March or April, for May and June, sub-
ject to confirmation by the City Council. Ordinance approved Feb-
28, 1899.
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.— Four.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in March or April, the first
assistant for a term of three years, the others for one year commenc-
ing May first. Ordinance approved November 27, 1896.
AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.
Chosen by concurrent vote of the City Council in January or Febru-
ary, for one year, commencing the first Monday in April. Ordinan-
ces, Chapter 2, Section 1.
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
Appointed by the City Clerk, subject to confirmation by the Board of
Aldermen. Ordinances, Chapter 8, Section 2.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER 99
BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PLUMBERS.— Three.
One member appointed by the Board of Health for the term of one
year, commencing May first. The chairman of the Board of Health
and the Superintendent of Public Buildings are members of the
Board, ex-ofncio. Ordinances, Chapter 28, Section 6.
BOARD OF HEALTH.— Three.
One member appointed by the mayor and Aldermen in January for
the term of three years, commencing the first Monday in February.
Revised Laws, Chapter 75, Section 9.
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS.— Five.
One member appointed annually by the Mayor with the approval of
the City Council for a term of five years from first Monday in May.
Revised Laws, Chapter 28.
BOARD OF POLICE.— Three.
One member appointed by the Mayor every two years for the term of
six years, commencing the first Monday in June. Chapter 428, Acts
of 1894. Chapter 187, Acts of 1895.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Chosen by the Board of Aldermen on the first Monday in January, or
as soon thereafter as may be. City Charter, Section 12.
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Chosen by concurrent vote of the City Council in March or April for
the term of three years, commencing May first. Chapter 95, Section
2, Acts of 1897. Ordinance approved November 27, 1896.
CITY CLERK.
Chosen annually by the City Council in convention, as soon after
organization as convenient. City Charter, Section 17.
CITY MESSENGER. /
Chosen by concurrent vote of the City Council in January for the
term of one year, commencing the first Monday in February. Ordi-
nances, Chapter 10, Section 1.
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CITY PHYSICIAN.
Chosen annually in March or April by concurrent vote of the City
Council for one year, commencing May first. Ordinances, 1900.
*
CITY SOLICITOR.
*
Chosen by concurrent vote of the City Council in January or Febru-
ary for the term of one year, commencing March first. Ordinances,
Chapter 11, Section 1.
CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Chosen annually by the City Council in convention as soon after
organization as convenient, for the term of one year commencing
April first. City Charter, Section 17. Ordinances, Chapter 9, Sect-
ion 1.
CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE CITY.
Chosen by concurrent vote of the City Council in January or Febru-
ary for a term of one year, commencing April first. Ordinances,
Chapter 13, Section 1.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINERS.— Three.
Appointed by the State Civil Service Commissioners.
CLERK OF COMMITTEES.
Chosen by concurrent vote of the City Council in January, for three
years. Ordinances, 1900.
CLERK OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Chosen by the Common Council on the first Monday in January, or
as soon thereafter as may be. City Charter, Section 14.
CLERKS EMPLOYED IN DEPARTMENTS.
Appointed by heads of departments under civil service rules. Chap-
ter 415, Section 5, Acts of 1896.
CLERK OF WATER BOARD.
Chosen by the Water Board in June for the term of one year. Ordi-
nances, Chapter 45, Section 2.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER IOI
COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUNDS.— Three.
One chosen in December by concurrent vote of the City Council for
the term of three years, commencing January first. Revised Laws,
Chapter 27, Section 14.
COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS.— Three.
On the first Monday in January, or as soon thereafter as may be, one
member chosen by the Board of Aldermen from that Board, and two
members of the Common Council by said Council. Chapter 415,
Section 10, Acts of 1896.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.— Five.
On the first Monday in January, or as soon thereafter as may be, one
member of the Board of Aldermen, to be elected by that Board, and
three members of the Common Council, to be elected by said Coun-
cil. The Mayor is a member ex-officio. Ordinances, Chapter 1, Sec-
tion 2.
CONSTABLES.— Four or more.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for
the term of one year. City Charter, Section 19, Ordinances, Chapter
41, Section 2.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in August, for the term of
one year, commencing September fifteenth. Chapter 386, Acts of
1905-
FENCE VIEWERS.— Three.
Nominated by the Mayor in January or February and chosen by con-
current vote, commencing in the Board of Aldermen, for the term of
one year. Ordinances, Chapter 41, Section 1.
FIELD DRIVERS.— Four or more.
Nominated by the Mayor in January or February and chosen by con-
current vote of the City Council, commencing in the Board of Alder-
men, for the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 41, Section 1.
102 MUNICIPAL REGISTER
FIREMEN.
Appointed by the Chief Engineer on recommendation of the Board
of Assistant Engineers, under civil service rules. Chapter 178, Acts
of 1898.
FISH WARDEN.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for
the term of one year. Revised Laws, Chapter 91, Section 54.
HEALTH COMMISSIONER.
Nominated by the Mayor in January or February and chosen by con-
current vote of the City Council for the term of one year. Ordinan-
ces, Chapter 41, Section 1.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in March, subject to the ap-
proval of the State Board of Cattle Commissioners, for the term of
one year, commencing April first.
INSPECTOR OF BALE OR BUNDLE HAY.
Appointed by the Board of Aldermen in January or February for the
term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 21,, Section 1.
INSPECTOR OF BOILERS.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for the
term of one year. Revised Laws, Chapter 105, Section 7.
INSPECTORS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Appointed by the Eoard of Health under civil service rules.
INSPECTORS OF PETROLEUM OILS.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen, upon request of five or more
citizens. Revised Laws, Chapter 102, Section 109.
INSPECTOR OF MILK, VINEGAR AND OLEOMARGARINE.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for
the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 41, Section 2.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER 103
INSPECTORS OF PLUMBING.
Appointed by the Board of Health. Ordinances, Chapter 28, Sect-
tion 8.
INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS.
Appointed by the Board of Aldermen.
INSPECTORS WATER DEPARTMENT.
Appointed by Water Board under civil service rules.
INSPECTOR OF WIRES.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January for the term of
three years, commencing February first. Ordinances, 1898.
LIBRARIAN OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
Chosen by the Trustees of the City Library. Chapter 231, Section 5,
Acts of 1888.
MAYOR'S CLERK.
Appointed by the Mayor. Chapter 415, Section 4, Acts of 1896.
MEASURERS OF GRAIN.— Two or more.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for
the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 41, Section 2.
MEASURERS OF UPPER LEATHER.— Two or more.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in April, for the term of one
year. — Ordinances, Chapter 41, Section 2.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.— Two or more.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for
the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 46, Section 2.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK BROUGHT BY WATER OR
RAILROAD CARS INTO THE CITY.— Two or more.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for
the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 46, Section 1.
POLICE OFFICERS.
Appointed by the Board of police under civil service rules.
104 MUNICIPAL REGISTER
POUND KEEPER.
Nominated by the Mayor in January or February and chosen by con-
current vote of the City Council, commencing in the Board of Alder-
men, for the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 41, Section 1.
PRESIDENT OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Chosen by the Common Council on the first Monday in January, or
as soon thereafter as may be. City Charter, Section 14
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.— Three and the City Clerk.
One member appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in March or
April for the term of three years, commencing May first. The City
Clerk is a member ex-officio. Revised Laws, Chapter n, Section 25.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for
the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 41, Section 2.
SECRETARY OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Appointed by the Overseers of the Poor.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CITY FARM.
Appointed by the Overseers of the Poor.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CITY SCALES.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for
the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 21, Section 1.
SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMONS.
Appointed by Board of Park Commissioners.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Chosen by concurrent vote of the City Council in January or Febru-
ary for the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 5, Section 1.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Chosen by the School Committee in July or August for the term of
one year. Ordinances, Chapter 40, Section 1.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER IO5
SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE AID AND ASSISTANT.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January for the term of
one year, commencing February first. Ordinances approved Sep-
tember 27, 1898.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Chosen by concurrent vote of the City Council in January or Febru-
ary for the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 39, Section 1.
-SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS.
Chosen by the Water Board in March for the term of one year, com-
mencing April first. Ordinances, Chapter 45, Section 2.
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
Chosen by concurrent vote of the City Council in January or Febru-
ary for the term of one year. City Charter, Section 17, Ordinances,
Chapter 39, Section 1.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.— Four or more.
Nominated by the Mayor in January or February and chosen by con-
cnrrent vote of the City Council, commencing in the Board of Alder-
men, for the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 39, Section 1.
SURVEYORS OF PLASTERING, BRICK OR STONE WORK AND
PAINTING.— Four or more.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for
the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 41, Section 2.
TRUANT COMMISSIONERS.
Appointed by the School Committee. Revised Laws, Chapter 46,
Section 12.
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.— Five and the Mayor.
One member appointed in December by the Mayor and Aldermen for
the term of five years, commencing the second Monday in January.
The Mayor is a member ex-officio. Ordinances, Chapter 14, Section 2.
106 MUNICIPAL REGISTER
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS.— Two and the Mayor.
One member appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in December for
the term of two years, commencing the first Monday in January.
The Mayor is a member ex-officio. Chapter 337, Section 2, Acts of
1891.
WATER BOARD.— Four.
One member chosen in January or February by concurrent vote of
the City Council for the term of four years commencing the second
Monday in March. Ordinances, Chapter 4.5, Section 1.
WEIGHERS OF COAL.— One or more.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for
the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 41, Section 2.
WEIGHERS OF HAY AND OTHER ARTICLES.— Two or more.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in January or February for
the term of one year. Ordinances, Chapter 21, Section 1.
CATALOGUE
OF THE
Government of the City of Lowell
IN
Chronological Order of Service*
From Its Institution in 1836, to 1904, Inclusive.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER IO9
1836.
MAYOR :
ELISHA BARTLETT.
ALDERMEN :
William Austin, resigned Oct. 10. Benjamin Walker.
Joseph Tapley, elected November. Oliver M. Whipple.
Seth Ames. Alexander Wright.
Aaron Mansur.
Samuel A. Coburn, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
John Clark, President. Stephen Mansur.
Henry J. Baxter. John Mixer.
Jonathan Bowers. Thomas Nesmith.
George Brownell. David Nourse.
James Cook. Thomas Ordway.
David Dana. James Russell.
Erastus Douglass. John A. Savels.
Josiah B. French. Sidney Spalding.
Cyril French. Weld Spalding.
Samuel Garland Jonathan Tyler.
Horatio W. Hastings. Tappan Wentwortb.
Horace Howard. William Wyman.
George Woodward, Clerk, died. Albert Locke, elected.
183 7.
MAYOR :
ELISHA BARTLETT, t '36.
ALDERMEN:
Seth Ames, *'36. Joseph G. Kittredge.
John Aiken. Joshua Swan.
Seth Chellis Alexander Wright, *'36.
Samuel A. Coburn, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1. Ward 4.
Joshua Abbott. William Baker. %
James K. Fellows. Elijha M. Read.
Jesse Phelps. Charles H. Wilder.
Walter Wright. William W. Wyman.
Ward 2. Ward 5.
William Fiske. George Brownell, '36.
Thomas Nesmith, '36. Osgood Dane.
Josiah Osgood. James Russell, '36.
Joseph Tyler. Tappan Wentwortb, '36.
Ward 3. Ward 6.
Joseph M. Dodge. Andrew Bird.
Elisha Huntington, President. Benjamin H. Gage.
William North. Jona. T. P. Hunt.
Joseph Tapley. Abram Tilton.
Albert Locke, Clerk.
The figuies without other marks indicate membership of the Common Council those
years, f Mayor that year. * Alderman that year. % President of the Common Council
that year.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1838
Benjamin F. French.
Charles L. Tilden.
Oliver M. Whipble, *'36.
MAYOR:
LUTHER LAWRENCE.
ALDERMEN:
George H. Carleton.
George Brownell, '36, '37.
Seth Chellis, *'37.
Thomas Ordway, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Jesse Phelps, '37.
Walter Wright, '37.
Eliphalet Brown.
Perez Fuller.
Ward 2.
William Fiske, '37.
Aaron H. Sherman.
William Upham.
Henry J. Baxter, '36.
Ward 3.
Thomas Hopkinson.
Elisha Huntington, t'37, President.
Horace Howard, '36.
John Mixer, '36.
Ward 4.
David Dana, '36.
Perlev Hale.
Benjamin Walker, *'36.
William Baker, 37.
Ward f>,
. Garret J. Bradt.
Benjamin AVilde.
Erastus Douglass, '36. /
Rufus Paul.
Ward 6.
Eli Cooper.
Thomas L. Randlett.
James L. Foot.
Calvin Goodspeed.
Albert Locke, Clerk.
18 3 9.
MAYOR : '
T A TTHER LAWRENCE. -[Died in April.]
ELISHA HUNTINGTON, } '37, \ '38.
ALDERMEN:
Benjamin F. French, *'38. George H. Carleton, *'38.
John 0. Green.
Charles L. Tilden, *'38.
John Clark, J '36.
Oliver M. Whipple, * 36, *'38.
Thomas Ordway, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Walter Wright, '37, '38.
Harlin Pillsbury.
Eliphalet Brown, '38.
Forrest Eaton.
Ward 2.
Jonathan Tvler, '36.
John Nesmith.
Henry J. Baxter, '36, '38.
Jefferson Bancroft.
Ward 3.
Thomas Hopkinson, '38, President.
Jacob Robbing.
John G. Locke.
COMMON COUNCIL :
Ward 4.
Benjamin Walker, *'36, '38.
Samuel Horn.
Stephen Carleton.
Stephen Mansur, '36.
Ward 5.
Tappan Wentworth, '36, '37.
Lewis Mclntire, died Feb., 1840.
Benjamin Wilde, '38.
Garret J. Bradt, '38.
Ward 6.
Thomas L. Randlett, '38.
Joseph S. Holt.
John L. Fitts.
Daniel Knapp.
Albert Locke, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
18 40.
in
MAYOR :
ELISHA HUNTINGTON, J '37, J '38, t '39.
ALDERMEN :
Jonathan Tyler, '36, '39.
John R. Adams.
Joseph Bedlow.
Harlin Pillsbury, '39.
Seth Ames, *'36, *'37.
Stephen Mansur, '36, '39.
Thomas Oedway, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
Forrest Eaton, '39.
Sylvanus Adams.
Henry Patch.
R. M. Hutchinson.
Ward 2.
Jefferson Bancroft, '39.
John Nesmith, '39.
Joseph G. Kittredge, *'37.
Josiah Osgood, '37.
Ward 3.
Pelham W. Warren, President.
Abner W. Buttrick.
Asa Hall.
Samuel Burbank.
Albekt Locke, Clerk, cued October.
Ward 4.
Ferdinand Rodliff .
Ethan Burnap.
Edward F. Watson.
B. Walker, *'36, '38, '39, died Sept.
Ward 5.
Tappan Wentworth, '36, '37, '39.
Samuel W. Brown.
John J. Crane.
George Dane.
Ward 6.
Daniel Knapp, '39.
George L. Fitts, '39.
Joseph Battles.
Joshua Converse.
John G. Locke, elected October.
184 1.
MAYOR:
ELISHA HUNTINGTON, J '37, J '38, f '39, t '40.
j
ALDERMEN :
Seth Chellis, *'37, '38. George H. Carleton, *'38, *'39.
Jefferson Bancroft, '39, '40. John R. Adams, *'40.
Cyril French, '36. John Aiken, *'37.
Thomas Oedway, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Henry Patch, '40.
George Bragdon.
John W. Holland.
Arnold Welch.
Ward 2.
William Fiske, '37, '38.
Erasmus D. Leavitt.
Jonathan White.
Nathaniel Wilson.
' Ward 3.
Samuel Burbank, '40.
Nathaniel Critchett.
Royal South wick.
Edward Winslow.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Ethan Burnap, '40.
William Livingston.
John Morrison.
Edward F. Watson, '40,
Ward 5.
Tappan Wentworth, '36, '37, '39, '40, Pres.
Samuel W. Brown, '40.
John J. Crane, '40.
Phineas Whiting.
Ward 6.
Francis H. Bowers.
Isaac H. Cooper.
William Potter.
John Smith.
John G. Locke, Clerk.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1842.
MAYOR :
NATHANIEL WRIGHT.
ALDERMEN:
Nathaniel Thurston.
Jefferson Bancroft, '39, '40, '41.
Cyril French, '36, *'41.
Thomas Obdway, City Clerk
William Livingston, '41 .
Ithamar A. Beard.
John W. Graves.
Ward 1.
Jeremiah P. Jewett.
John Hadley.
James Townsend.
Edward J. Payne.
Ward 2
John Nesmith, '39, '40.
Erasmus D. Leavit, '41.
Joseph W. Mansur, President.
James Hopkins.
Ward 3.
Nathaniel Critchett, '41.
Ira Spalding.
John Mead.
Asa W. Willoughby.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
John Morrisou, '41.
William Carlton.
Oliver March.
Josiah B. French, '36.
Ward 5.
James Patterson.
Isaac Appleton.
Josiah Seave} 7 .
Roswell Douglass.
Ward 6.
James Russell, '36, '37.
Jonathan Kendall.
Varnum A. Shed.
Isaac N. Fitts.
John Gr. Locke, Clerk.
1843.
MAYOR :
NATHANIEL WRIGHT, t '42.
ALDERMEN:
Harlin Pillsbury, '39, *'40, res'd June. S. Spalding, '36, res'd in June.
Henrv C. Johnson. Joseph Griffin.
Cyril' French, '36 *'41, *'42. Charles L. Tilden, *'38, '39.
Thomas Obdway, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
Daniel Bixby.
Edward J. Payne, '42.
Hugh Commiskev.
Walter Wright, '37, '38, '39.
Ward 2.
Henry J. Baxter, '36, '38, '39.
John P. Simonds.
Pliny Lawton.
Ben Osgood.
Ward 3.
John Mead, '42.
Wlllard Brown.
Ira Spalding, '42.
Benjamin J. Gerrish.
Ward 4.
Otis Allen.
Alfred Gilman.
Oliver March, '42, President.
William Carlton, '42.
Ward 5.
James Patterson, '42.
David Bradt.
John L. Tripp.
Benjamin F. Holden.
Ward 6.
John B. McAlvin.
Cyrus Battles.
Sewall G. Mack.
Charles F. Mitchell.
John G. Locke, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1844.
113
MAYOR:
ELISHA HUNTINGTON, { '37, \ '38, f '39, t '40, f '41.
ALDERMEN :
Henry Smith.
Selwin Bancroft,
0. M. Whipple, *'36, *'38, *'39.
Thomas Ordway, City Clerk.
Edward F. Watson, '40, '41.
Joseph Griffin, *'43.
John Wright.
Ward 1.
Forrest Eaton, '39, '40.
Gilman N. Nichols.
Hugh Cummiskey, '43.
David Healey.
Ward 2.
John P. Simonds, '43.
Ben Osgood, '43.
Amos Merriam.
John Clark, J '36, *'39, President.
Ward 3.
Charles B. Coburn.
George Choate.
Isaac Scripture.
William C. Gray.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Asa Wetherbee.
Abner W. Buttrick, '40.
Horatio G. F. Corliss.
Charles H. Wilder, '37.
Ward 5.
John L. Tripp, '43.
David Bradt, '43.
John Wright.
Nathaniel Wright, Jr.
Ward 6.
Sewall G. Mack, '43.
James Russell, '36, '37, '42.
Jonathan Kendall, 42.
Gilman Gale.
John G. Locke, Clerk.
18 45.
MAYOR:
ELISHA HUNTINGTON, J '37, J '38, f '39, t '40, f '41, f '44.
ALDERMEN :
Henry Smith, *'44. Edward F. Watson, '40, '41, '44.
Selwin Bancroft, *'44. John C. Dalton.
O. M. Whipple, **36, *'38, *'39, *'44. Daniel Knapp, '39.
Thomas Ordway, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Gilman N. Nichols, '39.
Danforth P. Brigham.
Jonathan Adams.
Willard C. Welch.
Ward 2.
John P. Simonds, '43, '44.
Daniel Balch.
William Brown.
Daniel S. Richardson, President.
Ward 3.
Isaac Scripture, '44.
William C. Gray, '44.
George Choate, '44.
Hapgood Wright.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Abner, W. Buttrick, '40 '44.
Asa Wetherbee, '44.
Charles H. Wilder, '37, '44.
Josiah Sawtell.
Ward 5.
'44.
John G.
Nathaniel Wright, Jr.,
Amos Hyde.
Edward Sherman.
James Fenno.
Ward
Gilman Gale, '44.
John B. McAlvin, '43.
Samuel Fay, Jr.
Lorenzo P. Wright.
Locke, Clerk.
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1846.
MAYOR :
JEFFERSON BANCROFT,
39, '40, *'41, *'42.
Henry Smith, *'44, *',45.
Sehvin Bancroft, *'44, *'45.
William C. Gray, '44, '45.
Joseph Butterfield.
ALDERMEN:
John C. Dalton, '45.
D. Knapp, '39, *'45, resigned in July
Isaac Corper, '41, elected in August.
Thomas Ordway, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Gilman N. Nichols, '39, '45.
Danforth P. Brigham, '45.
Willard C. Welch, '45.
Thomas S. Hutchinson.
Ward 2.
Daniel Balch, '45.
William Brown, 45
Daniel S. Richardson, J '45, President.
Zadock Rogers.
Ward 3.
Hapgood W right, '45.
Isaac Farrington.
Joel Powers.
Franklin Mead.
Ward 4.
Josiah Sawtell, '45.
Solon Stevens.
David J. Moody.
William Fletcher.
Ward 5.
Amos Hyde, '45.
Horatio G. F. Corliss, '44.
Jonathan Bowers, '36.
Charles M. Short.
Ward 6.
Lorenzo P. Wright, '45.
John L. Fitts, '39, '40.
Lewis Packard.
Columbus J. Hubbard.
John G. Locke, Clerk
18 47
MAYOE:
JEFFERSON BANCROFT, '39, '40, * '41, * '42, f '46.
ALDERMEN:
George Bragdon. Elisha Huntington, + '37, t '38, f'39, f'4a
Joseph Butterfield, *'46. t '41, f '44, f '45.
Linus Child. Sewall G. Mack, '43, '44.
James Fenno, '45. Stephen Mansur, '36, '39, **40.
Josiah Sawtell, '45, '46.
Thomas Ordway, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
William Conihe.
James C. Crombie.
David S. Bachelder,
Jesse Huse.
Ward 2.
Samuel W. Brown, '40, '41.
Hannibal Powers.
William Newman.
Otis L. Allen.
Ward 3.
Joel Powers, '46.
Franklin Mead, '46.
Isaac Farrington, '46.
Samuel G. Davis.
Ward 4.
Joel Adams, President.
Horatio Fletcher.
Solon Stevens, '46.
Stephen A. Coburn.
Ward 5.
Ignatius Tyler.
Edward C. Johnson.
Elihu Gates.
Charles M. Short, '46.
Ward 6.
Thomas Wentworth.
Isaac N. Parker.
John R. Southwick.
Isaiah Morse.
John G. Locke, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1848.
115
MAYOR:
JEFFERSON BANCROFT, '39, '40, * '41, *'42, t '46, f '47.
ALDERMEN:
David Dana, '36, '38. Gilman N. Nichols, '39, '45, '46.
Erastus Douglass, '36, '38. Daniel S. Richardson, +'45, % '46.
Jacob Graves, resigned in June. Josiah Sawtell, '45, '46, *'47.
William Newman, '47. O. M. Whipple, *'36, *'38, *'39, *'45.
Thomas Ordavay, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
William Conihe, '47.
James C. Crombie, '47.
Jesse Huse, '47.
Gerry Wilson.
Ward 2.
Otis L. Allen, '47.
William H. Fla<™.
John Nesmith, '39, '40, '42.
Hannibal Powers, '47.
Ward 3.
Alfred Gilman, '43.
Thomas Hopkinson, '38, '39,
Ransom Reed.
Nathaniel Critchett, '41, '42.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
John Avery.
Otis Allen, '43.
Abiel Rolfe.
Horace Howard, '36, '38.
Ward 5.
Ignatius Tyler, '47.
Elihu Gates. '47.
Edward C. Johnson, '47.
Charles M. Short, '46, '47.
Ward 6.
Thomas Wentworth, '47.
President. Isaac N. Parker, '47.
Jeremiah M. Currier.
Horace Parmenter.
John G. Locke, Clerk.
18 49.
MAYOR :
JOSIAH B. FRENCH, '36, '42.
James B. Francis.
Cyril French, '36, *'41, *'42, *'43.
James H. B. Ayer.
Daniel D. Crombie.
ALDERMEN :
Daniel Carter.
George Brownell, '36, '37, *'38.
Artemas L. Brooks.
Joseph Bedlow, *'40.
Thomas Okdway, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Ward 4.
Jesse Huse, '47, '48, resigned in February.
William A. Richardson, elected in March.
Gerry Wilson, '48.
John W. Smith.
Alfred S. Saunders.
Ward 2.
William H. Flagg, '48.
Ivers Taylor.
Isaac S. Morse, resigned.
Ambrose Lawrence.
Ward 3.
Alfred Gilman, '43, '48.
Elisha Davis.
James Dinsmoor.
Andrew C. Wheelock.
Nathaniel B. Favor.
Caleb Crosby.
Ezekiel Wright.
Waldo A. Fisher.
Ward 5.
Maynard Bragg.
Joshua Decatur.
Abram T. Melvin.
W. W. Morse.
Ward 6.
William Lamson, Jr.
Jeremiah M. Currier, '48.
George S. Wright.
John Aiken, *'37, *'41, President.
George A. Btjtterfeld, Clerk.
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18 50.
James H. B. Ayer, *'49.
Joseph Bedlow, *'40, *'49.
Daniel D. Crombie, *'49.
James B. Francis, *'49.
MAYOR :
JOSIAH B. FRENCH, '36, '42, t '49.
ALDERMEN:
Philip Hardy.
John Mixer, '36, '38.
Josiah G. Peabody.
James Townsend, '42.
Thomas Ordway, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
John W. Smith, '49.
Daniel R. Kimball.
James Watson.
Jonathan Smothers.
Ward 2=
Ivers Taylor, '49, President.
George Gardner.
Samuel Lawrence, 2d.
Samuel J. Varney.
Ward 3.
Jonathan Page.
John Tripp.
Fordyce Coburn.
Joshua Merrill.
Geo. A. Butterfield, Clerk,
Ward 4,
Abner W. Buttrick, '40, '44. '45.
Caleb Crosby, '49.
Benjamin Goddard.
Nathaniel B. Favor, '49.
Ward 5.
George P. Elliot.
William Fiske, '37, '38, '41. ,
George W. Worthen.
Maynard Bragg, '49.
Ward 6 t
Albert Mallard.
Stephen P. Sargent.
George S. Wright, '49.
Wm. Lampson, Jr., '49, resigned in May
res'd May. Wm. Lamson, Jr., elected May.
18 5 1.
MAYOR:
JAMES H. B. AYER, * '49, * '50.
ALDERMEN:
William Fiske, '37, '38, '41, '50. William North, '37.
Ambrose Lawrence, '49. Abiel Rolfe, '48.
James Townsend, '42, *'50. Lucius A. Cutler.
Philip Hardy, *'50. Joshua Converse, 40.
Thomas Ordway, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
James Watson, '50,
Jonathan Smothers, '50.
Charles B. Coburn, '44.
Stephen Moar.
Ward 2.
Linus Child, *'47.
George Gardner, '50, President.
Samuel J. Varney, '50.
Zachariah B. Caverly.
Ward 3.
Fordyce Coburn, '50.
William Twichell.
Darius C. Brown.
Benjamin C. Sargeant.
Ward 4.
Benjamin Goddard, '50.
Ilichard Dennis.
Holland Streeter.
Solomon D. Emerson.
Ward 5.
George P. Elliot, '50.
Edward Fifield.
John N. Ford.
Theodore H. Sweetser.
Ward 6.
George W. Worthen, '50.
George W. Jones, died in September.
Stephen P. Sargent, '50.
Albert Mallard, '50.
William Lamson, Jr., Clerk,
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
18 52.
117
MAYOR:
ELISHA HUNTINGTON, J '37, J '38, t '39, t '40, t '41, t '44, t '45, »'47.
ALDERMEN:
Joseph Bedlow, *'40, *'49, *'50. Win. Fiske, '37, '38, '41, '50, *'51.
Joseph M. Bullens. William North, '37, *'51.
Samuel Burbank, '40, '41. Alpha Stevens.
Joseph B. V. Coburn. Samuel J. Varney, '50, '51.
Thomas Ordway, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Rufus Rogers.
John C. Smith.
Jeremiah Clark.
Paul Hill.
Ward 2.
Paul Perkins.
Milton Bonney.
William Hovey.
Zachariah B. Caverly, '51.
Ward 3.
Darius C. Brown, '51.
William Twichell, '51.
Benjamin C. Sargeant, '51, President.
Michael B. Caswell.
Ward 4.
Holland Streeter, '51.
Elbridge Livingston.
Abram French.
Willard Minot.
Ward 5.
Edward Fifield, '51.
Phineas Whiting, '41.
George W. Patterson.
Jonathan Kendall, '42, '44.
Ward 6.
Leonard W. Jaquith.
Seth Pooler.
Caleb G. Weaver.
William C. Parker.
William Lamson, Jr., Clerk,
18 53.
MAYOR :
SEW ALL G. MACK, '43, '44, *'47.
ALDERMEN:
Elisha Huntington, % '37, % '38, t '39, f '40, Ira Spalding, '42, '43.
f41, f'44, f'45, *'47, t'52
Samuel K. Hutchinson.
Stephen Mansur, '36, '39, *'40, *'47
Joseph B. V. Coburn, *'52.
Thomas Oedway, City Clerk
Joseph M. Bullens, *'52.
Alpha Stevens, *'52.
Joseph White.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Rufus Rogers, '52.
John C. Smith, '52.
Marcus A. Thomas.
James Cook, '36.
Ward 2.
Paul Perkins, '52.
Milton Bonney, '52.
George G. Bumpus.
George W. Stanley.
Ward 3.
Michael B. Caswell, '52.
Calvin Philbrick.
Leonard Brown.
Henry H. Wilder.
Ward 4.
Abram French, '52.
Henry C. Howe.
Joseph S. Grush.
Samuel K. Pickering.
Ward 5.
George W. Patterson, '52.
William A. Richardson, '49, President.
Patrick Con Ian.
Jonathan Bowers.
Ward 6.
Caleb G. Weaver, '52.
William C. Parker, '52.
George F. Woods.
C. F. Blanchard.
William Lamsox, Jr., Clerk.
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IS 54.
MAYOR :
SEWALL G. MACK, '43, '44, * '47, t '53.
ALDERMEN:
Elisha Huntington, t '37, % '38, f '39, f '40, Joseph White, *'53.
f'41, f'44, f'45, *'47, f'52, *'53.
J. B. V. Coburn, *'52, *'53, res'd in Jan.
Samuel K. Hutchinson, *'53.
Ira Spalding, '42, '43, *'53.
William Lamson, Jr. City Clerk.
Horatio Fletcher, 47.
C. F. Blanchard, '53.
Charles Sperry.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
John C. Smith, '52, '53.
Paul Hill, '52.
Marcus A. Thomas, '53.
Thomas Lennon.
Ward 2.
George W. Stanley, '53.
William H. Gage.
Amos A. Taylor.
William H. Bradley.
Ward 3.
Calvin Philbrick, '53.
Leonard Brown, '53, declined.
Darius C. Brown, '51, '52, elected.
Henry H. Wilder, '53.
Peter 0. C. Frawley.
Ward 4.
Henry C. Howe, '53.
Joseph S. Grush, '53.
Samuel K. Pickering, '53.
Hubbard Wilson.
Ward 5.
Wm. A. Richardson, '49, + '53, President
Jonathan Bowers, '53.
Patrick Conlan, '53.
John C. Woodward.
Ward 6.
George F. Woods, '53.
Charles S. Eastman.
Levi H. Straw.
William P. Webster.
Leonard Brown, Clerk.
18 5 5.
MAYOR :
AMBROSE LAWRENCE, '49, '51.
ALDERMEN:
Wm. Fiske, '37, '38, '41, '50, *'51, '*52.
Artemas L. Brooks, *'49.
Daniel Woodward.
Lorenzo G. Howe.
William Lamson,
Andrew T. Nute.
Abner Frost.
William S. Johnson.
Shadrach R. Brackett.
Jr., City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Maynard Bragg, '49, '50.
Aaron B. Young.
Augustus B. Roby.
George L. Harris.
Ward 2.
William G. Morse.
George K. Paul.
Mark H. Cook.
Joseph A. Patten.
Ward 3.
Alfred Gilman, '43, '48, '49,
Daniel Hurd.
Theodore Warren.
Stephen K. Fielding.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Joshua W. Daniels.
John Bennett.
Alanson Folsom.
Francis H. Nourse.
Ward 5.
John C. Woodward, '54.
Stephen Bartlett.
Jonathan Johnson.
Oliver P. Rand.
Ward 6.
President. Levi H. Straw, '54.
William T. Whitten.
Lucien P. Stacy,
James M. Moore.
Leonard Brown, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
18 56.
119
MAYOR:
ELISHA HUNTINGTON, J '37, J '38, t '39, t '40, t '41, t '44, t '45, * '47,
t '52, *'53, *'54.
ALDERMEN:
Edward Tuck. Charles H. Wilder, '37, '44, '45.
Samuel Burbank, '40, '41, *'52. O. J. Conant, resigned in March.
Charles B. Coburn, '44. James H. Rand.
William P. Webster, '54. Jonathan Johnson, elected in June.
Hapgood, Wright, '45, '46.
William Lamson, Jr., City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Enos 0. Kingsley.
Abiel Pevey.
David M. Collins.
Marshall E. Thompson.
Ward 2.
Isaac Hinckley.
Seth Gas?e.
Peter Flanders, Jr.
Leonard F. Jewell.
Ward 3.
David Rogers.
Benj. C. Sargeant, '51, t'52, President.
Henry H. Carroll.
Peter Powers.
Ward 4.
Francis H. Nourse, '55.
Alden B. Buttrick.
Holland Streeter, '51, '52.
James Sands.
Ward 5.
Frederick Holton.
Isaac Place.
Albert Wheeler.
Abiel Rolfe, '48, *'51.
Ward 6.
Eliphalet Hills.
Jonathan P. Folsom.
James K. Fellows, '37.
John K. Chase.
James J. Maguire, Clerk.
18 57.
MAYOR :
STEPHEN MANSUR, '36, '39, * '40, * '47, * '53.
ALDERMEN:
Andrew T. Nute, *'55. John B. Turtle.
John C. Woodward, '54, '55. Francis H. Nourse, '55, '56.
Jonathan Smothers, '50, '51. Jonathan Johnson, '55, *'56.
Samuel W. Stickney. John Nesmith, '39, '40, '42, '48.
William Lamson, Jr., City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Abiel Pevev.
Stephen T.* Stan ley.
Charles A. Welch.
George F. Scribner.
Ward 2.
William G. Morse, '55.
William D. Vinall.
Temple Tebbetts.
James M. Howe.
Ward 3.
Benjamin C. Sargeant, '51, J '52, J '56.
David Roeers, '56.
Henry H. Carroll, '56.
Nathan Allen.
Ward 4.
Caleb Crosby, '49, '50.
John F. Howe.
John C. Jepson.
Alanson Nichols.
Ward 5.
Frederick Holton, '56, President.
William H. Wiggin.
William Goodale.
Charles Hubbard.
Ward 6.
Erastus Boyden.
Jonathan Kimball.
Robert J. Garrett.
William Nichols.
Henry A. Lord, Clerk.
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1 8 58.
MAYOR:
ELISHA HUNTINGTON, % '37, \ '38. t '39, t '40, t '41, t '44, f '45, * '47,
t'52, *'53, *'54, t'56.
ALDERMEN:
Sewall G. Mack, '43, '44, *'47, t '53, f'54. Joseph M. Dodge, '37.
Samuel W. Sticknev, *'57. Harvey Silver.
Abiel Pevey, '56, '57. Albert' Wheeler, '56.
Jeremiah P. Jewett, 42. Edwin A. Alger.
John H. McAlvin, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
Charles Wilkins.
John M. Mavaard.
John E. Webb.
William Barnard.
Ward 2.
Edward Tuck, *'56.
William P. Webster, '54, *'56.
Andrew Blood.
W'illiam F. Salmon.
Ward 3.
Benjamin C. Sargeant, '51, J '52, J '56,
'57, President.
Hanover Dickey.
Joseph A. Brabrook.
Benjamin S. Butterworth.
Ward
Enoch P. Young.
Zephaniah Goward.
Jesse Blake.
John F. Howe, '57.
Ward
Willard Dudley.
Samuel T. Manahan.
Isaac Page.
John Avery, 2d.
Ward
6.
William Nichols, '57.
Alpha B. Farr, resigned in January.
Leonard Brown, '53, '54, elected in Feb.
Erastus Boyden, '57.
James H. Rand, *'56, resigned in May.
Eben'r Burgess, elected in June.
Lorenzo G. Howe, *'55.
Samuel J. Varnev, '50, 51, *'52.
Paul Hill, '52, '54.
Ambrose Lawrence, '49, '51, f'55, re
signed in April.
Darius C. Brown, '51, '52.
George Gardner, Clerk.
18 59.
MAYOR :
JAMES COOK, '36, '53.
ALDERMEN :
John F. Howe, '57, '58.
Joshua Converse, '40, *'51, res'd in April.
J. P. Folsom, '56, resigned in April.
Edward Tuck, *\56, '58, elected in May.
Samuel T. Manahan, '58, elected in May.
Jonathan Ladd, elected in May.
John H. McAlvin, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
John E. Webb, '58.
Charles Wilkins, '58.
William Barnard, '58.
William D. Blanchard.
Ward 2.
W. P. Webster, '54, *'56,
William F. Salmon, '58.
James M. Howe, '57.
David Nichols.
Ward 3.
George Hobson.
Asahel D. Puffer.
John Willoughby.
Benjamin S. Butterworth,
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Caleb Crosby, '49, '50, '57.
Jesse Blake, '58.
George W. Partridge.
George W. Young.
Ward 5.
'58, President. Horatio G. F. Corliss, '44, '46.
Luther B. Morse.
Josiah G. Peabody. *'50.
William Goodale, '57.
Ward 6.
Charles A. Stott.
Levi Sprague.
Ebenezer Burgess, '58.
'58. Leonard Brown, '53, '54, '58.
George Gardner, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
I860.
121
MAYOR:
BENJAMIN C. SARGEANT, »51, \ '52, J '56, '57, J '58.
ALDERMEN :
Edward F. Watson, '40, '41, *'44, *'45. Henry H. Wilder, '53, '54.
Lorenzo G. Howe, *'55, *'59. Abner Frost, *'55.
James Watson, '50, '51. Samuel T. Manahan, '58, *'59.
William G. Morse, '55, '57. William S. Gardner.
John H. McAlvin, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Benjamin S. Ireson.
Enoch Quimby.
John P. Slocum.
Amos H. Foster.
Ward 2.
Henry P. Clough.
Alfred S. Saunders, '49.
Wm. F. Salmon, '58, '59, President
Joseph L. Sargent.
Ward 3.
George Hobson, '59.
Josiah B. Fielding.
Henry P. Perkins.
Hocum Hosford.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
George W. Partridge, '59.
George W. Young, '59.
Morrill M. Bohonan.
Caleb Crosby, '49, '50, '57, '59.
Ward 5.
Josiah G. Peabody, *'50, '59.
Sullivan L. Ward.
George F. Morey.
William H. Lamson.
Ward 6.
William Nichols, '57, '58.
Samuel T. Lancaster.
Charles A. Stott, '59.
Foster Nowell.
George Gardner, Clerk.
18 6 1.
MAYOR:
BENJAMIN C. SARGEANT, '51, { '52, \ '56, '57, J '58, t '60.
ALDERMEN:
Samuel T. Manahan, '58, *'59. *'60.
Jonathan P. Folsom, '56, *'59.
James Watson, '50, '51, *'60.
William G. Morse, '55, '57, *'60.
Hocum Hosford, '60.
John H. McAlvin, City Clerk
Aldis L. Waite.
David Whitney, declined acceptance.
Sager Ashworth, elected in May.
William S. Gardner, *'60.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Frank E. Jewett.
M. Gilbert Perkins.
Jacob Baron.
William D. Blanchard, '59.
Ward 2.
Alfred S. Saunders, '49, '60.
Joseph L. Sargent, '60.
Henry P. Clough, '60.
Henry S. Orange.
Ward 3.
William L. North, President.
George W. Norris.
Henry P. Perkins, '60.
James G. Morrison.
George
Ward 4.
Joseph Cater.
Joseph B. Keyes.
Morrill M. Bohonan, '60.
Abel M. Ayer.
Ward 5.
Sullivan L. Ward, '60.
Samuel Beck.
William H. Parker.
George F. Morey, '60.
Ward 6.
Samuel T. Lancaster, '60.
Foster, Nowell, '60.
\ Elon A. Sanborn.
George E. Dana.
Gardner, Clerk.
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18 6 2.
MAYOR:
HOCUM HOSFORD, '60, *'61.
ALDERMEN:
Mertoun C. Bryant. Isaac F. Scripture.
Edwin A. Alger, *'58. Aldis L. Waite, *'61.
James B. Francis, *'49, *'50. Albert Wheeler, '56, *'58.
William A. Burke. Jona. P. Folsom, '56, *'59, *'61.
John- H. McAlvin, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL,:
1
2.
Ward
Amos D. Wright.
Frank E. Jewett, '61.
Horatio G. Burgess.
Charles F. Hard.
Ward
Benedict 0. Carpenter.
William T. McNeill.
Lorenzo G. Howe, *'55, *'58, *'60.
Henry S. Orange, '61.
Ward 3.
George W. Norris, '61.
Edmund D. Fletcher.
Everett W. French.
John Quinn.
Ward 4.
Joseph B. Keyes, 61.
George Runels.
John Pettingell.
Hubbard Willson, '54.^
Ward 5.
Rollin C. Downs.
Albert Mallard, '50, '51.
Edward Fitield, '51, '52.
Cleveland J. Cheney.
Ward 6.
George F. Richardson, President
Albion J. Dudley.
Elon A. Sanborn, '61.
Frederick Frve.
George Gardner, Clerk.
1863.
MAYOR:
HOCUM HOSFORD, '60, *'61, t '62.
James B. Francis, *'49, *'50. *'62.
Edwin A. Alger, *'58, *'62.
Abiel Pevey, '56, '57, *-58.
William A. Burke, *'62.
John H.
ALDERMEN :
Isaac F. Scripture. *'62.
Otis Allen, '43, '48.
Albert Wheeler, '56, *'58, *'62.
William Nichols, '57, '58, '60.
McAlvin, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Charles F. Hard, '62.
Amos D. Wright, '62.
John Cosgrove.
William A. Wright.
Ward 2.
George F. Sawtell.
Henry S. Orange, '61, '62.
Hugh McEvoy.
Nathaniel Stearns.
Ward 3.
Everett W. French, '62.
Fordvce Coburn, '50, '51.
Edmund D. Fletcher, '62.
John Quinn, 62.
Ward 4.
Atwell F. Wright.
Josiah Gates.
William Stafford.
John McCann.
Ward 5.
James C. Ayer. >
Charles W. Saunders.
Cyrus H. Latham.
John E. Downs.
Ward 6.
George F. Richardson, X '62, President.
Albion J. Dudley, '62.
Benedict O. Carpenter, '62.
Frederick Frye, '62.
George Gardner, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
18 6 4.
123
MAYOR:
HOCUM HOSFORD, '60, * '61, t '62, t '63.
ALDERMEN :
Wihiani S. Southworth. George W. Norris, '61, '62.
James B. Francis, *'49, *'50, *'62, *'63. George Runels, '62.
Dana B. Gove. Cyrus H. Latham, '63.
William T. McNeill, '62. George F. Richardson, +'62, +'63.
John H. McAlvin, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Alden B. Watson.
Lewis L. Perrin.
Frederick S. Tukey.
John Cosgrove, '63.
Ward 2.
George Ripley, President.
Andrew F. Jewett.
Artemas S. Young.
Hoyt W. Hilton.
Ward 3.
Samuel N. Wood.
Charles W. Dodge.
'Joseph S. Pollard.
James G. Morrison, '61.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Atwell F. Wright, '63.
Daniel Churchill.
William W. Sherman.
Francis Jewett.
Ward 5.
John E. Downs, '63.
'1 homas G. Gerrish, resigned June 14.
Charles Hubbard, '57.
Cleveland J. Cheney, '62.
Ward P
Levi Sprague, '59.
Tobias L. P. Lamson.
Addison Putnam.
Albion J. Dudley, '62, '63.
George Gardner. Clerk.
1 S 6 5.
MAYOR :
JOSIAH G. PEABODY, * '50, '59, '60.
ALDERMEN:
Ew'dF. Watson, '40, '41, *'44, *'45, *'60. Henry H. Wilder, '53, '54, *'60.
Josiah Gates. '63.
Cyrus H. Lathan, '63, *'64.
William Brown, '45, '46.
John H. McAlvin, City Clerk.
George W. Norris, '61, "62. *'64.
Dana B. Gove, *'64.
William T. McNeill, '62, *'64.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
Alden B. Watson, '64.
Lewis L. Perrin, '64.
George N. Osgood.
John R. Southwick, '47.
Ward 2.
George Ripley, J '64, President
Andrew F. Jewett, '64.
Julian V. Keyes.
Chester W. Rugg.
Ward 3.
Joseph S. Pollard, '64.
Charles W. Dodge, '64.
Edward C. Rice.
Frederick T. North.
Ward 4.
Francis Jewett, '64.
Benjamin Walker.
Benjamin L. Googins.
John Pearson.
Ward 5.
Charles Hubbard, '57, '64.
James Kent.
Simeon D. Osterhoudt.
James Foster.
Ward 6.
Tobias L. P. Lamson, '64.
Luke C. Dodge.
Gustavus A. Gerry.
James M. Moore, '55.
George Gardner, Clerk.
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1866.
MAYOR:
JOSIAH G. PEABODY, *'50, '59, '60, f '65.
ALDERMEN:
Samuel A. Brown.
Albert B. Plimpton.
John R. Southwick, '47, '65.
Joseph L. Sargent, '60, '61.
John
H.
Charles W. Dodge, '64, '65.
Josiah Gates, '63, *'65.
Henry M. Hooke.
Albion J. Dudley, '62, '63, '64.
McAlvin, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
William A. Hodge.
William A. Wright, '63.
Jacob Baron, '61.
Rollin C. Downs, '62.
Ward 2.
Andrew F. Jewett, '64, '65.
George H. Whitmore.
Julian V. Keyes, '65.
Chester W. Rugg, '65.
• Ward 3.
Edward C. Rice, '65.
Frederick T. North, '65.
James N. Pinkham.
Oliver W. Smith.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Benjamin L. Googins, '65.
Alfred Scott.
Thomas F. Burgess.
Benjamin Walker, '65.
Ward 5.
Robert H. Butcher.
John T. Lee.
George L. Huntoon.
Jonathan Johnson, '55, *'56, *'57.
Ward 6.
Gustavus A. Gerry, '65, President.
Luke C. Dodge, '65.
Charles A. Kimball.
Alfred H. Chase.
Geokge Gardner, Clerk.
186 7 .
MAYOR:
GEORGE F. RICHARDSON, J '62, | '63, *'64.
ALDERMEN:
Charles B. Coburn, '44, '51, *'56.
Hocum Hosford, '60, *'61, f '62, t '63, f '64,
John R. Southwick, '47, '65, *'66.
Joseph L. Sargent, '60, '61, *'66.
Edward C. Rice, '65, '66.
Abner W. Buttrick, '40, '44, '45, '50;
died June 29, '67.
Wm. E. Livingston, elected Sept. 9, '67.
William H. Parker, '61.
Albion J. Dudley, '62, '63, '64, *'66.
John H. McAlvin, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
John Shepard.
Calvin Sawtell.
Foster Wilson.
M. Gilbert Perkins, '61.
Ward 2.
Gustavus A. Gerry, '65, J ' 66 » President.
Ruel J. Walker.
William Dobbins.
Silas Tyler, Jr.
Ward 3.
Jona. P. Folsom, '56, *'59, *'61, *'62.
Frederick T. North, '65, '66.
Samuel D. Prescott.
Nathan M. Wright.
Ward 4.
John B. Hunt.
John Q. A. Hubbard.
Alfred Scott, '66.
Thomas F. Burgess, '66.
Ward 5.
George L. Huntoon, '66.
George S. Cheney.
James Foster, '65.
John T. Lee, '66.
Ward 6.
Alfred H. Chase, '66.
James Lawton.
John N. Pierce, Jr.
Foster Nowell, '60, '61, res'd May 14, '67.
William Kittredge, elected Sept. 9, '67.
George Gardner, Clerk.
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1868.
125
MAYOR:
GEORGE F. RICHARDSON, % '62, % '63, *'64, t '67.
\ ALDERMEN :
Charles B. Coburn, '44, '51, *'56, *'67.
Francis Jewett, '64, '65.
John M. Pevey, resigned in July.
Charles L. Hildreth, elected in September
Silas Tyler, Jr., '67.
John H. McAlvin, City Clerk.
Edward C. Rice, '65, '66, *'67.
William E. Livingston, *'67.
Frederic Frve, '62, '63.
Albion J. Dudley, '62, '63, '64, *'66, *'67.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Calvin Sawtell, '67.
John Shepard, '67.
John F. Merrill.
Frederic T. Greenhalge.
Ward 2.
Francis D. Munn.
Joseph A. Patten, '55.
Ruel J. Walker, '67.
Henry S. Orange, '61, '62, '63.
Ward 3.
George W. Badger.
Samuel D. Prescott, '67.
William Walker.
Albert A. Haggett.
George
Ward 4.
William H. Anderson.
John Q. A. Hubbard, '67.
Charles T. Crane.
John B. Hunt, '67.
Ward 5.
Edwin Lamson.
George S. Cheney, '67.
William Kelley.
Ethan N. Spencer.
Ward 6.
John N. Pierce, Jr., '67.
James Lawton, '67.
Francis Brown.
Alfred H. Chase, '66, '67, President.
Gardner, Clerk.
1869.
MAYOR:
JONATHAN P. FOLSOM, '56, * '59, * '61, * '62, '67.
ALDERMEN:
Francis Jewett. '64, '65, *'68. Hapgood Wright, '45, '46, *'56.
Henry H. Wilder, '53, '54, *'60, '65. John Q. A. Hubbard, '67, '68.
Charles L. Hildreth, *'68. George S. Cheney, '67, '68.
Cyrus H. Latham, '63, *'64, *'65. Charles A. Stott, '59, '60.
John H. McAlvin, City Clerk. Resigned March 15, 1869.
Samuel A. McPhetres, City Clerk. Elected March 15, 1869.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Frederic T. Greenhalge, '68.
John H. Durgin, Jr.
Patrick Keyes.
Benjamin Patch.
Ward 2.
Joseph A. Patten, '55, '68.
Phineas Jones.
Francis D. Munn, '68.
Amos Sanborn.
Ward 3.
Ward 4.
William H. Anderson, '68, President.
Simeon G. Lyford.
Henry P. Carter.
Epaphras A. Hill.
Ward 5.
William Kelley, '68. .
Willard A. Brown.
William 0. Fiske.
Edwin Lamson, '68.
Ward 6.
George W. Badger, '68.
Albert A. Haggett, '68.
William Walker, '68.
George E. Pinkham.
Francis Brown, '68.
Alpha B. Farr, '58.
Lucian P. Stacy, '55.
William Kittredge, '67.
George Gardner, Clerk.
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18 70.
MAYOR :
JONATHAN P. FOLSOM, '56, * '59, *'61, * '62, '67, t '69.
ALDERMEN:
Edward F. Sherman. Hapgood Wright, '45, '46, *'56, *'69.
Frank F. Battles. John Q. A. Hubbard, '67, '68, *'69.~
Charles L. Hildreth, *'68, *'69. Addison Putnam, 64.
Amos B. French. Charles A. Stott, '59, '60, *'69.
Samuel A. McPhetres, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
John H. Durgin, Jr., '69.
Benjamin Patch, '69.
Patrick Keyes, '69 .
Samuel G. Ladd.
Ward 2.
Phineas Jones, '69.
John L. Moulton.
Patrick Cummiskev.
David G. Skillingsl
Ward 3.
Albert A. Haggett, '68, '69, President.
Henrv P. Perkins, '60, '61.
Hocum Hosford, '60, *'61, f'62, f'63,
f'64, *'67, declined.
Matthew Donovan.
John L. Meadowcroft, elected Jan. 24.
Ward 4.
Epaphras A. Hill, '69.
Henrv P. Carter, '69.
Simeon G. Lyford, '69.
Michael Corbett.
Ward 5.
William 0. Fiske, '69.
WillardA. Brown, '69.
James D. liartwell.
Jeremiah Crowley.
Ward 6.
Alpha B. Farr, '58, '69.
William Kittredge, '67, '69.
Lucian P. Stacy, '55, '69.
John Stott.
Geokge Gardner, Clerk.
18 7 1.
MAYOR:
EDWARD F. SHERMAN, * '70.
ALDERMEN:
Frank F. Battles, *'70. Albert A. Haggett, '68, '69, i ,0.
William F. Salmon, '58, '59, + '60. Henry C. Howe, '53, '54.
John W. Smith, '49, '50. Frederick Ayer.
Amos B. French, *'70. Addison Putnam, '64, *'70.
Samuel A. McPhetres, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
John H. Durgin, Jr., '69, '
Samuel G. Ladd, 70.
Francis N. J. Haviland.
Joel Knapp.
Ward 2.
William Dobbins, '67.
John L. Moulton, '70.
Patrick Cummiskey, 70.
Amos A. Blanchard.
Ward 3.
Henry P. Perkins, '60, '61
John L. Meadowcroft, 70.
Horace Ela.
Julius C. Jockow.
70.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Benjamin Walker, '65, '66.
Michael Corbett, 70.
Francis H. Chandler.
Charles T. Goddard.
Ward 5.
Jeremiah Crowley, 70.
Crawford Burnham.
Henry C. Church.
Patrick Lynch.
Ward 6.
, 70, President. Leonard Brown, '53, '54, '58, '59.
John Stott, 70.
Abel T. Atherton.
Nathaniel C. Sanborn.
George Gardner, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1 8 7 2.
MAYOR:
JOSIAH G. PEABODY, *'50, '59, '60, t '65, t '66.
ALDERMEN:
Henry C. Howe, '53, '54, *71. Frederick T. North, '65, '66, '67.
Alexander G. Cumnock. Benjamin Walker, '65, '66, 71.
Benjamin Patch, '69, 70. William Kelley, '68, '69.
Gustavus A. Gerry, '65, J '66, + '67. Alpha B. Farr, '58, '69, 70.
Samuel, A. McPhetres, City Clerk.
127
Ward 1.
John E. Webb, '58, '59.
Alonzo F. Caswell.
Southwell Farrington.
True P. Jordan.
Ward 2.
Leonard Brown, '53, '54,
Amos A. Blanchard, 71.
Joseph S. Brown.
Earl A. Thissell.
Ward 3.
Henry P. Perkins, '60, '61
Horace Ela, 71.
Julius C. Jockow, 71.
Charles F. Tilton.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Nathaniel P. Favor.
Nathan W. Frye.
Henry A. Lord.
Alonzo L. Russell.
Ward 5.
'58, '59, 71. Crawford Burnham, 71.
Charles F. Belden.
Luther J. Fames.
William Shepard.
Ward 6.
, 70, X 71, Pres. Abel T. Atherton, 71.
Nathaniel C. Sanborn, 71.
Samuel M. Chase.
Julian Talbot.
George Gardner, Clerk.
1 8 7 3.
MAYOR:
FRANCIS JEWETT, '64, '65, *'68, * '69.
ALDERMEN :
Jonathan P. Folsom, '56, *'59, *'61, *'62,
'67, t '69, f 70.
George Runels, '62, *'64.
Edward Tuck, *'56, '58, *'59, declined.
Isaac Farrington, '46, '47, declined.
William Dobbins, '67, 71, elected Jan. 14.
Samuel A. McPhetres, City Clerk.
Charles A. F. Swan, elected January 14.
Jacob H. Sawyer.
Jeremiah Crowlev, 70, 71.
Alpha B. Farr, '58, '69, 70, *72.
George Stevens.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
John E. Webb, '58, '59, 72.
Alonzo F. Caswell, 72.
Frank Brady.
Stephen J. Smiley.
Ward 2.
Joseph S. Brown, 72.
Earl A. Thissell, 72.
Daniel Stickney.
Edward P. Woods.
Ward 3.
Albert A. Haggett, '68, '69, +70, *71, Pres.
Charles F. Tilton, 72, resigned March 1.
William Bass.
James Owens.
James A. Loughlin, elected April 8.
Ward 4.
Atwell F. Wright, '63, '64.
Nathaniel P. Favor, 72.
Nathan W. Frye, 72.
Henry A. Lord, 72.
Ward 5.
Robert H. Butcher, '66.
Charles F. Belden, 72.
Jared P. Maxfield.
George Smith.
Ward 6.
Nathaniel C. Sanborn, 71, 72.
Samuel M. Chase, 72.
George W. S. Hurd.
Artemas S. Tyler.
George Gardner, CleTk.
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18 7 4.
MAYOR:
FRANCIS JEWETT, '64, '65, * '68, * '69, t '73.
ALDERMEN:
Jeremiah Crowley, 70, 71, *73. Jonathan Kendall, '42, '44, '52..
Benjamin Walker, '65, '66, 71, *72. George L. Huntoon. '66, '67.
Nathaniel C. Sanborn, 71, 72, 73.
George Stevens, *73.
McPhetres, City Clerk.
Alonzo F. Caswell, 72, 73.
Joseph S. Brown, 72, 73.
Samuel
A.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
Charles A. Welch, '57.
Frank Brady, 73.
Stephen J. Smiley, 73.
Charles H. Harvey.
Ward 2.
Daniel Stickney, 73.
Edward P. Woods, 73.
Charles J. Eastman.
Edward E. Reed.
Ward 3.
Julius C. Jockow, 71, 72.
James Owens, 73.
James A. Loughlin, 73.
George W. Tilton.
Ward 4.
Charles T. Goddard, 71.
Nathan W. Frye, 72, 73, President.
Jacob H. Sawyer, *73.
Julian A. Richardson.
Ward 5.
Jared P. Maxfield, 73.
John B. Lyt'ord,
Samuel P. Marin.
John Scott.
Ward 6.
George W. S. Hurd, 73.
Joel A. Abbott.
Thomas Carolin.
Jason Fuller.
George Gardner, Clerk, died May 29.
David Chase, Cierk, elected June 4.
18 7 5.
MAYOR:
FRANCIS JEWETT, '64, '65, * '68, * '69, t '73, t ,74.
ALDERMEN:
Benjamin Walker, '65, '66, 71, *72, *74. Hapgood Wright, '45, '46, *'56, *'69.
Jacob Rogers
John A. Goodwin.
Joseph S. Brown, 72, 73, *74
Samuel A. McPhetres, City Clerk
James Owens, 73, 74.
Alden B. Richardson.
Samuel A. Chase.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
Charles A. Welch, '57, 74.
Charles H. Harvey, 74.
John F. Howard.
John W. Welch.
Ward 2.
Earl A. Thissell, 72, 73.
Edward E. Reed, 74.
William A. Read.
Leavitt R. J. Varnum.
Ward 3.
Albert A. Haggett, '68, '69, J
George W. Tilton, 74.
Charles Cowley.
Thomas R. Garity.
Ward 4.
Josiah Butler.
Francis Carll.
Edward P. Dennis.
Edward Stockman.
Ward 5.
James D. Hartwell, 70.
John B. Lvford, 74.
Orford R. Blood.
Charles W. Sleeper.
Ward 6.
70, *71. Joel A. 4bbott, 74.
[X 73, Pres. Thomas oarolin, 74.
Jason Fuller, 74.
Albert D. Wright.
David Chase, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1876.
129
CHARLES
'70.
MAYOR:
A. STOTT, '59, '60, * '69,
ALDERMEN:
Jacob Rogers, *75. Henry A. Hildreth.
John A. Goodwin, *75. [J 73, + 75. George E. Stanley.
Albert A. Haggett, '68, '69, +70, *71, Francis Carll, 75.
Charles F. Belden, 72, 73. William H. Wiggin, '57.
Samuel. A. McPhetres, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
John W. Welch, 75.
Lewis Stiles.
Daniel W. Manning.
David M. Collins, '56, declined.
John F. Howard, 75, elected January
Ward 2.
Leavitt R. J. Varnum, 75.
Charles E. Hallowell.
Charles Callahan.
William A. Read, 75.
Ward 3.
Charles Cowley, 75.
Charles H. Kimball.
Charles Runels.
James Howard, died after election.
William H. Grady, elected January 11,
David
Ward 4.
Edward Stockman, 75, resigned May 23.
Gardner W. King.
Stephen H. Jones.
Charles D. Starbird.
11. James W. Bennett, elected June 22.
Ward 5.
Orford R. Blood 75.
John F. Kimball, President from May 23.
Charles H. Hanson.
M. Gilbert Perkins, '61, '67.
Ward 6.
Edwin Sanborn.
Benjamin C. Dean, Pres., resig'd May 28.
Charles H. Walker.
John J. Pickman.
Willis Farrington, elected June 22.
Chase, Clerk.
18 7 7.
MAYOR :
CHARLES A. STOTT, '59, '60, * '69, * '70, t '76.
ALDERMEN:,
Jeremiah Crowley, 70, 71, *73, *74. Orford R. Blood, 75, 76, seat vacated.
Horace R. Barker. Stephen B. Puffer, declined el. January 2.
George E. Stanley, *76. Robert Park.
Charles H. Kimball 76. George E. Pinkham, '69.
George P. Walker.
Samuel A. McPhetres, City .Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
Daniel W. Manning, 76.
Lewis Stiles, 76.
John Courtney.
Frank Bradv, 73, 74, resig'ed March 27.
Jared P. Maxfield, 73, 74, elected May 8.
Ward 2.
Charles E. Hallowell, 76.
Francis D. Munn, '68, 69.
Charles H. Robbins.
Oliver M. Harding.
Ward 3.
William H. Grady, 76.
Patrick Lynch.
Simon Kelly.
George E. Davis.
David Chase. Clerk.
Ward 4.
Gardner W. King, 76.
James W. Bennett, 76.
Irving K. Goodale.
Orlnado Blodgett.
Ward 5.
John F. Kimball, J 76.
Charles H. Hanson 76.
Peter S. Coburn.
Robert Goulding.
Ward 6.
Edwin Sanborn, 76.
John J. Pickman, 76.
Charles H. Walker, 76.
Augustus E. Spaulding, dec. January 10
George S. Cushing, elected February 6.
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18 7 8.
Stephen B. Puffer, *77.
Robert Park, *77.
Horace R. Barker, *77.
George F. Scribner, '57.
MAYOR:
JOHN A. G. RICHARDSON.
ALDERMEN:
George E. Scripture.
Joseph S. Pollard, '64, '65, [*77.
Jeremiah Crowlev, 70, 71, *73, *74,
Nathaniel C. Sanborn, 71, 72, 73, *74.
Samuel A. McPhetres, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
John Courtney, 77.
John J. Mealey.
Joseph M. Ambrose.
Charles H. Harvey, 74, 75.
Ward 2.
Oramel A. Brigham.
Edward M. Tucke.
William W. Clark.
Albert W. Monty.
Ward 3.
Simon Kelly, 77.
Edward Cawley.
Henry P. Morris.
Samuel D. Buttenvorth.
._).
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward
Irving K. Goodale, 77.
Orlando Blodgett, 77.
Robert G. Bartlett.
Stephen H. Jones, 76.
Ward
Robert Goulding, 77.
Peter 8. Coburn, 77.
John F. Kimhall, J 76, % '77, President
Enos 0. Kingsley, '56.
Ward 6.
• George S. Cushimr, 77.
Eli W. Hoyt.
Luke B. Taylor.
Miles F. Brennan, to January 22.
Thomas Nesmith, from January 22.
David Chase, Clerk.
18 7 9.
Horace R. Barker, *77, *78.
Charles A. R. Dimon.
Joseph S. Pollard, '64, '65, *78.
Charles S. Lilley.
Samvel A.
MAYOR:
JOHN A. G. RICHARDSON, 178.
ALDERMEN:
George E. Scripture, *78.
.><
George F. Scribner,
Charles F. Howe.
Robert Goulding, 77, 78.
McPhetres, City Clerk.
*78.
COMMON COUNCIL;
Ward 1.
Joseph M. Ambrose, 78.
John O'Donnell.
James Kelly.
Richard J. Noonan.
Ward 2.
Albert W. Monty, 78.
Charles H. Richardson.
William K. Chase, resigned November
Edwin A. Robinson-
Edward M. Tucke, 78, elected Dec. 9.
Ward 3.
Edward Cawley, 78.
Henry P. Morris, 78.
William T. Benson.
Patrick A. Rogers.
David
Ward 4.
Robert G. Bartlett, 78.
Fred Woodies.
Charles F. Yarnum.
Charles E. Farrington.
Ward 5.
Albert W. Burnham.
Ambrose L. Ready.
Joseph M. Wilson.
Edward B. Peirce. President.
Ward 6.
Eli W. Hoyt, 78.
Luke B. Tavlor, 78.
Major A. Shaw.
Miles F. Brennan, 78.
Chase, Clerk.
25.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
18 8 0.
131
MAYOR:
FREDERIC T. GREENHALGE, '68, '69.
ALDERMEN:
James D. Hartwell, 70, 75. Isaac F. Scripture, *'62, *'63.
Atvvill F. Wright, '63, '64. Robert Wood.
Charles H. Richardson. Charles H. Coburn.
Edwin Lamson, '68, '69. James C. Abbott.
Samuel A. McPhetres, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
James Kelly, 79.
Richard J. Noonan, 79.
Thomas J. Flynn.
Lawrence Cummings.
Ward 2.
Edwin A. Robinson, 79.
Wilbur L. Bates.
Samuel W. Foster.
Earl A. Thissell, 72, 73,
Ward 3.
Peter H. Donohoe.
William T. Benson, 79.
Patrick A. Rogers, 79.
Frank Wood.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
75, President.
Fred Woodies, 79.
Charles F. Varnum, 79.
Charles E. Farrington, 79.
Charles D. Starbird, 76.
Ward 5.
Joseph M. Wilson, 79.
Ambrose L. Ready, 79.
Samuel Hosmer.
Edward B. Peirce, % 79.
Ward 6.
Benjamin F. Freeman.
J. Tyler Stevens.
Charles C. Hutchinson.
Henry C. Cooper.
David Chase, Clerk.
18 8 1.
FREDERIC T.
MAYOR :
GREENHALGE,
ALDERMEN:
'68, '69, t '80.
Charles H. Richardson, *'80.
Isaac F. Scripture, *'62, *'63, *'80.
Robert Wood, *'80.
Ambroso L. Ready, 79, '80.
Samuel A.
Levi Sprague, '59, '64.
Julius A. Stiles.
Samuel D. Butterworth, 78.
Thomas R. Garity, 75.
McPhetres, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 1.
Thomas J. Flynn, '80.
Lawrence Cummings, '80.
Robert J. Thomas.
Jeremiah J. Hayes.
Ward 2.
Zachariah D. Hall.
James M. Howe, '57, '59.
Hubert M. Potter.
Moses Gibson.
Ward 3.
Frank Wood, '80.
Peter H. Donohoe, '80.
John E. Maguire.
D. Moody Prescott.
Ward 4.
Julius C. Johnson.
Stephen C. Davis.
Edward Garner.
William N. Osgood.
Ward 5.
Atkinson C. Varnum.
Samuel Hosmer, '80.
Samuel P. Marin, 74.
Albert W. Burnham, 79.
Ward 6.
Charles C. Hutchinson, '80.
Albert G. Thompson.
Thomas Nesmith, 78.
Lawrence J. Smith.
David Chase, Clerk.
132
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1882.
MAY OB:
GEORGE RUNELS, '62, *'64.
ALDERMEN:
D. Moody Prescott, '81.
George S. Cushing, 77, 78.
John F. Phillips,
f John Welch.
Thomas R. Garity, 75, *'81, Chairman.
* Charles W. Sleeper.
George B. Smith.
William A. Wright, '63, '66.
David Whitaker.
% Samuel A. McPhetees, City Clerk. § David W
* Resigned, May 23; special election to fill vacancy, June 20.
t Elected June 20, to fill vacancy. J Died Sept. 29, 1882
O'Brien, City Clerk.
§ Elected Oct. 4, 1882.
Ward 1.
Robert J. Thomas, '81.
Jeremiah J. Hayes, '81.
Dennis J. Crowley.
John A. Walsh.
Ward 2.
Zachariah D. Hall, '81.
James M. Howe, '57, '59, '81,
Moses Gibson, '81.
James F. Puffer, Jr.
Ward 3.
Frank Wood, '80, '81.
John E. Maguire, '81.
John J. Mead.
James Grady.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Julius C. Johnson, '81.
Stephen C. Davis. '81.
Edward Garner. •
William N. Osgood, '81, President.
Ward 5.
Atkinson C. Varnum, '81.
Albert W. Burnham, 79, '81.
Artemas B. Woodworth.
Horace B. Barnes.
Ward 6.
Albert G. Thompson, '81.
Lawrence J. Smith, '81.
Thaddeus S. Cobb.
Miles J. Fletcher.
David Chase, Clerk.
1 8 83.
MAYOR :
JOHN J. DONOVAN.
John F. Phillips, *'82, Chairman.
George B. Smith,, *'82.
Robert J. Thomas, '81, '82.
David Whitaker, *'82.
David \Y
ALDERMEN:
D. Moody Prescott, '81, *'82.
George W. Fifield.
John Welch, *'82.
Miles J. Fletcher, '82.
. O'Brien, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Dennis J. Crowley, '82.
John J. Hogan.
James H. Cahill.
Daniel Murphy.
Ward 2.
Samuel Lawrence, '50.
Joseph S. Brown, 72, 73,
Albert W. Monty, 78, 79.
John F. Thissell.
Ward 3.
James Grady, '82.
John J. Mead, '82.
Patrick J. Smith.
Frank J. Donohue.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
James G. Elliott.
Solomon K. Dexter.
Alonzo L. Russell, 72.
Geo. A. Bennett.
Ward 5.
Edward B. Pierce, +79, '80.
*74 *75. Artemas B. Woodworth, '82.
John P. Mahoney.
George L. Ash worth.
Ward 6.
Lawrence J. Smith, '81, '82*
Thaddens S. Cobb, '82-
J. Frank Page.
Michael F. Clark.
David Chase, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
18 8 4:.
133
MAYOR :
JOHN J. DONOVAN, t '33.
ALDERMEN :
Robert J. Thomas, '81, '82, *'83, Chair'n, Jeremiah Crowley, 70, 71, *73, *74,
Miles J. Fletcher, '82, *'83.
George W. Fiheld, '83.
Thaddeus S. Cobb, '82, '83.
Edward B. Quinn.
*'77 *'78
Peter H.' Donohoe, '80, '81.
Freeman B. Shedd.
David W. O'Brien, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL :
Ward 1.
John J. Hogan, '83, President.
James H. Cahiil, '83.
Daniel Murphy, '83.
James H. Morrison.
Ward 2.
Joseph S. Brown, 72, 73, *74, *75, '
Albert W. Monty, 78, 79, '83.
Earl A. Thissell, 72, 73, 75, t'80.
John R. Pike.
Ward 3.
Patrick J. Smith, '83.
Peter J. Brady.
Thomas J. Sparks.
John Nolan.
David
Ward 4.
James G. Elliott, '83.
Solomon K. Dexter, '83.
Alonzo L. Russell, 72, '83.
George A. Bennett, '83.
Ward 5.
83. Edward B. Peirce, % 79, '80, % '83.
George L. Ashworth,
Joseph M. Wilson, 79, '80.
James S. Hanson.
Ward 6.
J. Frank Page, '83.
Michael F. Clark, '83.
Alfred M. Chadwick.
Marcellus H. Fletcher.
Chase, Clerk.
18 8 5.
MAYOR :
EDWARD J. NOYES.
ALDERMEN:
John F. Phillips, *'82, *'83, Chairman. James D. Hartwell, 70, 75, *'80.
John F. Howe, '57, '58, *'59. George F. Penniman.
William D. Brown. Oliver E. Cushing.
George E. Stanley, *76, *77. James Francis.
Samuel M. Chase, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Patrick H. Plunkett.
James H. Morrison, '84.
Thomas J. Enright.
Henry F. Keyes.
Ward 2.
George W. Brothers.
Walter M. Sawyer.
James R. Fulton.
Francis D. Munn, Jr.
Ward 3.
Peter J. Brady, '84.
Patrick J. Smith, '83, '84.
John Nolan, '84.
Thomas J. Sparks, '84.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Arnold S. Welch.
George A. Roper.
William A. Lang.
Frank W. Howe.
Ward 5.
Wilson W. Carey.
James S. Hanson, '84.
Henry L. Newhall.
Elwyn W. Lovejoy.
Ward 6.
Alfred M. Chadwick, '84, President.
George R. Richardson.
Luke B. Taylor, 78, 79.
William H. White.
David Chase, Clerk.
134
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
18 86.
MAYOR:
JAMES C. ABBOTT.
ALDERMEN:
Jeremiah Crowley, 70, 71, *73, *74, Daniel Wright.
*77, *78, *'84, Chairman
John F. Phillips, *'82, *'83, *'85.
Stephen B. Puffer, *77, *78.
George E. Stanley, *76, *77, *'85.
Samuel M. Chase, City Clerk
Samuel D. Lutterworth, *78, *'81.
George F. Penniman, *'85.
James Francis, *'85.
Ward 1.
Peter B. Sherlock.
Patrick 11. Plunkett, '85.
Thomas J. Enright, '85.
Timothy H. Brennan.
Ward 2.
Walter M. Sawyer, '85, President
Charles H. Richardson, 79.
James R. Fulton, '85.
Francis D. Munn, Jr., '85.
Ward 3.
Daniel Cleary.
Patrick J. Mahan.
Edward D. McVey.
Thomas J. Sparks, '84, '85.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Arnold S. Welch, '85.
George A. Roper, '85.
Frank W. Howe, '85.
William A. Lang, '85.
Ward 5.
Henry L. Newhall, '85.
Elwyn W. Lovejoy, '85.
Wilson W. Carev, '85.
Roswell M. Boutwell, '85.
Ward 6.
Lawrence J. Smith, '81, '82, '83.
John E. Drury.
Charles H. Hobson.
Marcellus H. Fletcher, '84.
David Chase, Clerk.
18 8 7.
MAYOR:
JAMES C. ABBOTT, t '86.
ALDERMEN:
Stephen B. Puffer, *77, *78, *'86, Chai'n. Peter H. Donohoe, '80, 81, *'84.
Nathan D. Pratt.
Francis C. Plunkett.
August Fels.
Miles J. Fletcher, '82, *'83, *'84.
Frederick Frve, '62, '63, *'68.
Marcellus H. Fletcher, '84, '86.
David W. O'Obeien, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 1.
Michael J. Garvey.
Dennis A. Sullivan.
Daniel Murphy, '83, '84.
Dennis J. Leary.
Ward 2.
Walter M. Sawyer, + '86.
Charles H. Richardson, 79, '86.
George C. Evans.
Horace P. Beals.
Ward 3.
George B. McKenna.
John Nolan, '84, '85.
Daniel Cleary, '86.
Patrick J. Smith, '83, '84, '85.
William J.
Ward 4.
Millard F. Wright.
Edmund B. Conant.
Jesse H. Shepard.
Richard Dobbins.
Ward 5.
Roswell M. Boutwell, '86.
George W. Brothers, '85.
Clarence G. Coburn.
James H. Carmichael, President.
Ward 6.
Richard B. Allen.
John E% Drury, '86.
Patrick Conlon.
Edward Gallagher.
Coughlin, Clerk.
George A. Scribner.
George E. Putnam.
Charles Runels, 76.
Charles E. Carter.
Edward D. Holden.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER 135
1 8 88.
MAYOR:
CHARLES D. PALMER.
ALDERMEN:
Arthur Staples.
Roswell M. Boutwell, '86, '87.
Alfred M. Chadwick, '84, + '85, Chairm'B.
Gikakd P. Dadman, City Clerk.
"Ward 1.
Dennis A. Sullivan. '87.
Dennis J. Leary, '87.
Daniel Murphy, '83, '84,
Michael J. Garvey, '87.
Ward 2,
Frank J. Sherwood.
Horace 1'. Beals, 'fc7-
Harry E. Shaw.
Pierre A. Brousseau.
Ward 3
Jo,
John F. Rogers.
Owen M. Donohoe.
Thomas J. Sparks, '84, '
*John F. Roane,
t Patrick H. Brosnahan.
^Resigned Aug. 9. Special Election to
fill vacancy Sept. 18.
t Elected Sept. 18 to fill vacancy
COMMON COUNCIL.:
Ward 4.
*Millard F. Wright, '87.
Edmund B. Conant, '87, President.
'87. Jesse H. Shepard, '87.
Richard Dobbins. '87.
t AlonzoG. Wa.'sh.
*Resigned April 24. Special Election to
111! vacancy June 5".
• , f Elected June 5 to fill vacancy.
Ward 5.
Charles C. Hartwell.
Clarence G. Cobum, '87.
Georsre W. Brothers, '85.
Joseph S. Lapierre.
Ward 6.
William E. Westall.
Frank Brown.
Richard B. Allen, '87.
Abbott Lawrence.
David Chase, Clerk
18 8 9.
MAYOR :
CHARLES D. PALMER,
ALDERMEN :
'88.
George A. Scribner, *'88.
Walter M. Sawyer, '85, +'86, '87-.
George E. Putnam, ^''i'S.
Edward D. Holden.
GlRARD
P.
Roswdl M. Boutwell, '86, '87, *'f
John H. Fuller.
William F. Senter.
John E. Drury, '86, '87.
Dadman, City Clerk.
Ch'n.
1.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward
Patrick J. Savage.
Joseph H. Callahan.
Daniel H. Courtney.
William J. Johnson.
Ward 2.
*Samuel C. Georg°.
Pierre A. Brousseau, '88.
Arthur H. Cluer.
Frank J. Sherwood, '88.
t James Stuart Murphy.
*Res'd June 9. fEle. July 2, to fill vacancy
Ward 3.
Owen M. Donohoe, '88.
Stephen Garrity.
Patrick H. Brosnahan, '88.
Thomas J. Sparks, '84, '85, '86, '88.
David Chase,
W 7 ARD 4,
B. Frank Hale.
Edwards Chenev.
Alonzo G. Walsh, '88.
Frank Gray.
Ward 5.
Orford R. Blood, '75, 76
Charles C. Hartwell, '88.
Henry W. Ladd.
Henry J. Draper.
Ward 6
William E. Westall, '88,
Abbott Lawrence, '88.
Albert Crowell.
Frank Brown, '88.
Clerk.
President.
136
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
18 9 0.
MAYOR :
CHARLES D. PALMER, '88, t '89.
ALDERMEN:
Albert D. Carter. John H. Fuller, *'89, Chairman,
Watson A. Dickinson. Walter M. Sawyer, '85, J '86, '87, *'89.
John E. Drury, '86, '87, *'89. Samuel E. Snow.
Edmund D. Fletcher. Joseph M. Wilson, '79, '80, '84.
Giraed P. Dadman, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Joseph H. Callahan, '89.
Daniel H. Courtney, '89.
William J. Johnson, '89.
Patrick J. Savage, '89.
Ward 2.
Newell Abare.
Arthur H. Cluer, '89.
Walter C. Coburn.
James Stuart Murphy, '89.
Ward 3.
Patrick H. Brosnahan, '88, '89.
Robert C. Gallagher.
Charles L. Marren.
Thomas J. Sparks, '84, '85, '86,
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
Edwards Cheney, '89.
Frank Grav, '89.
B. Frank Hale, '89.
Alonzo G. Walsh, '88, '89, President
Ward 5.
Orford R. Blood, '75, '76, '89.
Herbert M. Jacobs.
Henry W. Ladd, '89.
Louis P. Turcotte.
Ward 6.
Albert Crowell, '89.
Daniel D. Driscoll.
James Gookin.
'88, '89. Edward F. Spalding.
David Chase Clerk.
189 1.
MAYOR:
GEORGE W. FIFIELD, *'83, * '84.
ALDERMEN:
Richard B. Allen, '86, '87. Thomas J. Enright, '85, '86.
James W. Cassidy. George H. Frye.
Jeremiah Crowlev, '70, 71', *73, *74, *77, Stephen B. Puffer, *77, *78, *'86, *'*
*78, *'84, *'86, Chairman. George F. Tilton.
Watson A. Dickinson, *'90.
Michael J. Dowd, City Clerk.
1.
Ward
Patrick H. Barry.
Jh tries F. Doherty.
John J. Sullivan.
Peter F. Garrity.
Ward 2
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward
Edwin L. Giles.
Fred Home.
Wallace G. Parkin.
Eugene C. Wallace.
Ward
Newell Abare, '90.
Auolphe Benard.
Walter C. Coburn, '90.
George H. Marston.
Ward 3.
Patrick J. Baxter.
John J. Gilbride.
Charles H. Marren, '90.
Thomas J. Sparks, '84, '85, '86, '88, '89,
't>0, President.
Herbet M. Jacobs, '90.
George D. Kimball.
John A. Speirs.
Louis P. Turcotte, '90.
Ward &
James A. Cawley.
James J. Dolan.
Daniel D. Driscoll, '90.
James Gookin, '90.
David Chase, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1892.
137
MAYOR :
GEORGE W. FIFIELD, *'83, *'84, t '91.
ALDERMEN:
Samuel D. Butterworth, *78, *'81, *'86. Stephen J. Johnson.
James W. Cassidy, *'91. Freeman W. Puffer.
William J. Coughlin. Frank E. Stowell.
Albert A. Haggett, '68, '69, +70, *'71, Charles F. Varnum, 79, '80.
*76, Chairman.
Michael J. Dowd, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
John Brunette.
James O'Neill,
Joseph O'Rourke.
John J. Sullivan, '91.
Ward 2.
Adolphe Benard, '91.
George H. Marston, '91.
Frank Scott.
Hugh A. Thompson.
Ward 3.
Patrick J. Baxter, '91.
John J. Gilbride, '91.
Thomas J. Sparks, '84, '85, '86, '88, '89,
'90, +'91, President.
William H. Stafford.
David Chase, Clerk
COMMON COUNCIL
Ward 4.
Edwin L. Giles, '91.
Fred Home, '91.
Wallace G. Parkin, '91.
Moses Wyman.
Ward 5.
Constant Henotte.
Patrick H. Kehoe.
Joseph A. McDonald.
Charles W. Swan.
Ward 6.
William T. Benson, 79, '80.
James J. Dolan, '91.
Thomas F. Hoban.
Michael F. McCarthy.
18 93.
MAYOR :
JOHN J. PICKMAN, '76, '77.
ALDERMEN :
George R. Choate. Freeman W. Puffer, *'92.
George C. Evans, '87. Stephen B. Puffer, *77, *78, *'86, *'87,
Stephen J. Johnson, *'92. *'91.
Elwyn W. Lovejoy, '85, '86. William E. Westall, '88, + '89, Chairman.
Joseph A. McDonald, '92.
Michael J. Dowd, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
John Brunette, '92.
Patrick J. O'Brien.
James O'Neil, '92.
Fred H. Rourke.
Ward 2.
Charles H. Boisvert.
Frank Scott, '92.
Hugh A. Thompson, '92.
George H. Tryder.
Ward 3.
Frank Dunlap.
John J. Grady.
John Joseph O'Connor.
William H. Stafford, '92.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
George E. Barclay.
William J. Hills.
Charles T. Killpartrick.
Moses Wyman, '92.
Ward 5.
Cyrille Constantineau.
Patrick J. Custy.
Charles H. Noble.
James O'Sullivan.
Ward 6.
William T. Benson, 79, '80, '92,Pre8.
James J. Dolan, '91, '92.
Thomas F. Hoban, '92.
Anthony Robinson.
Frank J. Simonds, Clerk.
138
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
18 9 4.
MAYOR :
JOHN J. PICKMAN, '76, '77, t '93.
ALDERMEN:
Charles N. Bagley. Elwyn W. Lovejoy, '85, '86, *'93, Chair-
Watson A. Dickinson, *'90, *'91. man.
Frank Dunlap, '93. George E. Stanley, *76, *'77, *'85, *'86.
Coolid^e R. Johnson. William E. Westall, '88, + '89, *'93.
Stephen J. Johnson, *'92, *'93.
Michael, J. Dowd, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Matthew M. Mansfield.
Patrick J. O'Brien, '93.
Fred H. Rourke, '93.
John J. Ryan.
Ward 2.
J. Henry Collins.
John G. Gordon.
Fred W. Sanborn.
George H. Tryder, '93.
Ward 3.
Joseph H. Gormley.
John J. O'Connell.
John Joseph O'Connor, *93.
Thomas J. Sparks, '84, '85, '86, '88, '89,
'90, + '91, + '92, President.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
George E. Barclay, '93.
William L. Hills, '93.
Charles T. Killpartrick, '93.
Luther F. Kittredge. \
Ward 5.
Patrick J. *asty, '93.
Frederick E. Labarge.
Charles H. Noble, '93.
John Oliver.
Ward 6.
William T. Benson, '79, '80, '92, +'93,
Died May 21,1894.
William F. Curtin.
Charles Riley.
Anthony Robinson, '93.
Thomas O'Day, Elected July 17, '94.
Frank J. Simonds, Clerk.
189 5.
MAYOR :
WILLIAM F. COURTNEY.
ALDERMEN:
Frank B. Dow. George H. Tryder, '93, '94.
Frederic J. Flemings. Daniel H. Varnum, Chairman.
William L. Hills, '93, '94. John C. Wilson.
Charles E. Howe. Moses Wyman, '92, '93.
Girard P. Dadmax, City Clerk.
V
Ward 1.
Patrick H. Barry, '91.
Thomas F. Garvey.
Hugh Maguire, Jr.,
Matthew M. Mansfield.
AVard 2.
Edwin S. Eastman.
William Hounsell.
Willis E. Morse.
Fred W. Sauborn, '94.
Ward 3.
Patrick F. Delehanty.
Joseph H. Gormley, '94.
James F. Miskella.
Timothy J. Reynolds.
CO 31 M ON COUNCIL:
Ward 4.
David Dickson.
Edward T. Goward.
Jonathan G. Hunton.
Herbert E. Webster.
Ward 5.
Eugene E. Dennison.
George W. Hartwell.
John Oliver.
Francis P. Rivet.
Ward 6.
William F. Curtin, '94, President.
Thomas O'Dav, '94.
Charles Riley, '94.
John E. Sullivan.
Frank J. Simond?, Clerk.
MUNICIFAL REGISTER
1896.
MAYOR:
WILLIAM F. COURTNEY, t '95.
ALDERMEN:
Jeremiah Crowley, 70, 71, *73, *74, John H. McAlvin.
139'
*77, *78, *'84, *'86, Chairman.
Frank B. Dow, *'95.
Frederic J. Flemings, *'95.
Charles E. Howe, *'95.
James A. Pevey.
George H. Tryder, '93, '94, *'9«.
Edward M. Tucke.
John C. Wilson, *'95.
Girard P. Dadman, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL:
' Ward 1.
William Hounsell, '95, ward 2.
Jonathan G. Hunton, '95, ward 4.
Homer B. Nay.
Ward 2.
William J. Dunn.
Hugh Maguire, Jr., '95, ward 1.
Dennis J. Pendergast.
Ward 3.
David Dickson, '95, ward 4.
Frank H. Hallett.
Herbert M. Jacobs, '90, '91, ward 5.
Ward 4.
James F. Miskella, 95, ward 3.
Stephen O'Hare.
Timothy J. Reynolds, '95, ward 3.
Charles A. Eveleth.
Ward 5.
John P. O'Hare.
John E. Sullivan, '95, ward 6.
Charles E. Thornton.
Ward 6.
William E. Badger.
Sidney Drewett.
Edwin S. Eastman.
Ward 7.
George W. Hartwell, '95, ward 5.
Francis P. Rivet, '95, ward 5.
Lorenzo E. Smith.
Ward 8.
Fred A. George.
William H. Perm.
Herbert E. Webster, '95, ward 4, Pie8%
Ward S.
Henry K. White.
Carl G. A. F. W. E. Pihl.
Frank N. Owen, Clerk.
1897.
MAYOR :
WILLIAM F. COURTNEY, f '95, t '96.
ALDERMEN :
Charles H. Cosgrove. Charles E. Howe, *'95, *'96, Chairman.
Lucius A. Derby. Abbott Lawrence, '88, '89»
Edwin S. Eastman, '95, '96. Edward B. Pierce, £79, '80, +'83, '84.
Edward T. Goward, '95« Fred A. Tuttle.
George L. Hooper.
Girard P. Dadman, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Anadore B. Bosca.
Clarence W. Dana.
Samuel Scott.
Ward 2.
William J. Dunn, '96.
James Kennedy.
Dennis J. Pendergast, '96.
Ward 3.
William H. Brown.
James Smith.
Oliver D. Wilder.
Ward 4.
Francis M. Facran.
James F. Miskella. '95, '96
Stephen O'Hare, '96.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 5.
George Farley.
Michael E. Sullivan.
Charles E. Thornton, '96.
Ward 6.
John H. Beaulieu.
Walter F. Leighton.
George H. Taylor.
Ward 7.
Clovis Belanger.
Lorenzo E. Smith, '96.
Lincoln R. Welch.
Ward 8.
Arthur W. Lang.
Charles F. Libby.
William H. Penn, '96, President
Ward 9.
Butler Ames. Louis B. Sykes.
Henry K. White, '96.
Frank N. Owen, Clerk.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1 8 9 8.
MAY OK:
JAMES W. BENNETT, '76, '77.
ALDERMEN :
Charles H. Cosgrove, *'97. Oliver A. Libby.
Lucius A. Derby, *'97. Edward B. Peirce, +'79, '80, J'83, '84, *»97.
Charles A. R. Dimon, *'79, Chairman. Francis P. Rivet, '95, '96.
Edward T. Goward, '95, *'97. Fred A. Tuttle, *'97.
Guy Holbrook.
Girard P. Dadman, City Clerk.
Ward l.
Anadore B. Bosca, '97.
Clarence W. Dana, '97.
Charles D. Paige.
Ward 2.
Thomas F. Garvey, '95.
James Kennedy, '97.
Frank McMahon.
Ward 3.
James Smith, '07.
Burton H. Wigsin.
Oliver D. Wilder, '97.
Ward 4.
COMMON COUNCIL:
Ward 5.
George A. Farley, '97.
William J. McCluskey.
Michael Sullivan, '97.
Ward 6.
John H. Beaulieu, '97.
Walter F. Leighton, '97.
George H. Taylor, '97, President.
Ward 7.
Alfred J. Howe.
Charles H. Merrill.
Eben B. Stafford.
Ward 8.
Francis M. Fagan, '97
Michael J. Markhain.
John J. Roark.
Arthur W. Lang, '97.
Charles F. Libby, '97.
Anthony D. Mitten.
Ward 9.
Walter E. Murkland. Louis B. Sykes, '97.
William D. Whittet.
Frank M. Dowling, Clerk.
18 9 9.
MAYOR :
JEREMIAH CROWLEY, '70, '71, *'73, *'74, *'77, *'78, *»84, *'86, *>91, *>96
ALDERMEN :
Sam Chapin.
Lucius A. Derby, *'97, *'98.
Charles A. R. Dimon, *'79, *'98.
Oliver A. Libby, *'98.
Philip McNulty.
Girard P. Dadman, City Clerk
James F. Miskella, '95, '96, '97.
Edward B. Peirce, +'79, '80, J'88, '84, *'97, *'9&
George H. Tavlor, '97, +'98.
Oliver D. Wilder, '97, '98.
COMMON COlINC:i:
Ward 1.
Herbert R. Baker.
Charles D. Paige, '98, President.
Francis E. Saunders.
Ward 2.
Patrick H. Barry, '91, '95.
Frank McMahon, '98.
John J. Mullaney.
Ward 3.
William H. Brown.
Chas. H. Flanders.
Burton H. Wiggin, '98.
Ward 4.
Timothy F. Donohoe.
Michael J. Markham, '98.
John J. Roark, '98.
Frank S. Clark.
John F. Dillon.
John J. O'Brien.
Ward 5.
Ward 6.
William E. Badger, '9^.
George E. Burns.
James F. Walker.
Ward 7.
Philip Desmarais.
Lewis Lebrun.
Eben B. Stafford, '98.
Ward 8.
Fred E. Bean.
Ralph B. Lyman.
Anthony D. Mitten, '98.
Ward 9.
Henry Hatch. Walter E. Murkland, '98.
William D. Whittet, '98.
Frank M. Dowling, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1000.
MAYOR.
JEREMIAH CROWLEY, '70, '71, **73, *'74, *'77, *'78, *'84, *'86, *'91,*'96, t'99.
i 4 r
William E. Badger, '96, 99.
Cyrus Barton.
John H. Beaulieu, '97, '98.
William H. Brown, '99.
James H. Carmichael, $'87.
ALDERMEN.
Edward S. Howe.
Charles D. Paige, '98, $'99.
George H. Taylor, '97, $'98, *'99, Chairman,
William D. Whittet, '98, '99.
Girard P. Dadman, City Clerk.
Ward 1.
Herbert R. Baker, '99.
James G. Hill.
Francis E. Saunders, '99.
Ward 2.
Patrick H. Barry, '91, '95, '99.
Bernard F. Lee.
John J. Mullaney, '99.
Ward 3.
Otto Jensen.
Ephraim D. Livingston.
George McElroy.
Ward 4.
James B. Casey.
Timothy F. Donohoe, '99.
Michael J. Markham, '98, '99.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Ward 5.
T. Prank Clark.
John F. Dillon, '99.
Thomas J. McCaffrey.
Ward 6.
Pierre A. Brousseau, '88, '89.
George E. Burns, '99.
James F. Walker, '99, President.
Ward 7.
Alfred J. Howe, '98.
Louis Lebrun, '99.
Eben B. Stafford, '98, '99.
Ward 8.
Fred E. Bean, '99.
Anthony D. Mitten, '98, '99.
Charles E. Tilton.
Ward 9.
George Emsley. Henry Hatch, '99.
Daniel N. Pickering.
Frank M. Dowling, Clerk.
1901.
MAYOR.
CHARLES A. R. DIMON, -'79, *'98, *'99.
William E. Badger, '96, '99, *1900.
James H. Carmichael $'87, *1900.
Patrick Conlon, '8?.
Philip Desmarais, '99.
Richard J. McCluskey.
Girard P. Dadman, City Clerk
ALDERMEN
James F. Miskella, '95, '96, '97,*'99, Chairman,
Joseph Mullin.
Gardner W. Pearson.
John J. Sullivan, '91, '92.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Ward l. Wabd 5.
Herbert R. Baker, '99, 1900. T. Frank Clark, 1900.
James G. Hill ,1900. Elected Pres. July 2, 1901. Thomas J. McCaffrey, 1900.
Mark D. Taylor.
Ward 2.
Peter Daley.
Patrick J. O'Rourke.
John H. Spillane. Died April 16.
John J. Pinder. Elected June 4.
Ward 3.
Otto Jensen, 1900.
Ephraim D. Livingston, 1900.
George McElroy, 1900.
Ward 4.
James B. Casey, 1900.
Timothy Donohoe, '99, 1900.
Michael J. Markham, '98, '99, 1900.
Charles H. Clough.
George B. Roche.
Ward 6.
Pierre A. Brousseau, '88, '88, 2988, Pft6ftt8Bt>
Resigned July 2, 1901.
John A. Henderson.
Harry Swann.
Wabd 7.
Louis Lebrun, '99, 1900.
Joseph A. Legare.
Albert S. Park.
WABD&
James P. Dugdale.
Albert F. Grant.
Charles E. Tilton, 1908. '
Ward 9.
George Bmaltf , '
Frank G. Lundberg.
Frank M. Dowling. Clerk.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1902.
MAYOR.
CHARLES A. R. DIMON,*' 7 9, *'o8, *'gg. t 01. (Died May 21, igoa.)
WILLIAM E. BADGER, (Acting Mayor.)
ALDERMEN.
William E. Badger, '96, '99, *'oo, *'oi, Chairman. Lucius A. Derby, *'97, **98, *'99.
Cyrus Barton, *'oo. Char.es H. Moiloy.
William H. Brown, '99, *'oo. James O'Sullivan, '93.
George E. Burns, '99, '00. George F. Stiles.
James H. Carmichael, t '87, *'oo, *'oi.
Girard P. Dadman, City Clerk.
Ward i.
Cecil L. Adams.
James G. Hill, '00, '01, President.
Mark D. Taylor, '01.
Wa*rd 2.
Frederick Cror.an.
Peter Daley, 'oi.
John J. Pinder, '01.
Ward 3.
Asa B. Hilliard.
Thomas G. Little.
Charles H. Worcester.
Ward 4.
James B. Casey, '00, '01.
Timothy Donohoe, '99, '00, '01.
Patrick F. Welch.
William G. Brown.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Ward 5.
John F. Dillon, '99. '00.
Hugh Finner^y.
George B. Roche, '01
Ward 6;
John A. Henderson, '01.
Elie C. Laporte
Harry Swan, '01.
Ward 7.
Edmond P. Fontaine.
Joseph A. Legare, '01.
Albert S. Park, »oi.
Ward 8.
William Fairweather
Albert F. Grant, '01. .
Hamlet S. Greenwood.
Ward 9.
Daniel N. Pickering, '00.
Frank M. Dowling, Clerk.
John S. Palm.
1903.
MAYOR.
CHARLES E. HOWE, *' 95 ,
ALDERMEN.
'96, *' 97
George E. Burns, '99, '00, *'o2
James B. Casey, '00, '01.
Lucius A. Derby, *'97, *'98, *'99,*'o2.
James J. Gallagher.
David Gerow.
Girard P. Dadman, City Clerk.
James G. Hill, 'oo ; '01, $'02.
Richard J. McCluskey, *'oi.
James F. Miskella, '95, '96, '97, *'99, *'oi, Chn.
Charles H. Moiloy, *'o2.
Ward i.
Cecil L. Adams", '02, President.
James W. Barry.
James J. Hayes.
Ward 2.
Thomas J. Conners,
Frederick Gronan, '02.
John J. Pinder, '01, '02.
Ward 3.
Thomas H. Braden.
Asa B. Hilliard, '02.
Charles H Worcester, '02.
Ward 4.
Dennis J. Cooney.
Timothy Donohoe, '99, '00, '01,
Patrick F. Welch^ '02.
William G.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Ward 5.
Hugh Finnerty, '02'
Frank A. McLaughlin.
George B. Roche, '01, '02.
Ward 6.
Frederick G. Baldwin.
Samuel Fleming.
C. Fred Hard.
Ward 7.
Edmond P. Fontaine, '02.
William J. Hayes
Andrew Livingston.
Ward 8.
William H. Dodge.
'02. William Fairweather, '02.
Hamlet S. Greenwood, '02.
Ward 9.
Brown, '02. John W. Daly.
John S. Palm, '02.
Frank M. Dowling, Clerk.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER
1904.
1 43
MAYOR.
CHARLES E. HOWE, * '95, * '96, * '97, t '03.
ALDERMEN.
Tames H. Carmichael, % '87, *'oo, *'oi, *'o2. James G. Hill, 'oo,
William Fairweather, '02, '03.
James J. Gallagher, *'o3.
David Gerow, * '03.
Albert F. Grant, '01, '02.
Ward i.
03-
James F. Miskella, '95, '96, '97, * '99, * '01, *'o 3
[Chairman.
Albion C. Taylor.
William H. Wilson.
Girard P. Dadman, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL.
James W. Barry, '03.
James H. Fleming.
James J. Hayes, '03.
Ward 2.
Thomas J. Connors, '03.
Frederick Cronan, '02, '03.
Michael J. Quinn.
Ward 3.
Thomas H. Braden, '03, President.
Edmund J*. Cheney.
Charles H. Worcester, '02, '03.
Ward 4.
Daniel Cosgrove.
John P. Mahohey.
Patrick F. Welch, '02, '03.
Burton H. Crosby
Ward 5.
John Donohue.
Andrew McAloon,
Frank A. McLaughlin. '03
Ward 6.
Frederick G. Baldwin, '03.
John H. Blake.
Samuel Fleming, '03.
Ward 7.
William J. Hayes, '03.
Charles H. May.
William G. Mclntyre.
Ward 8.
William H Dodge, '03.
Solomon S. Mayberry.
George W. Peterson.
Ward 9.
Charles W. Stott.
Frank M. Dowling, Clerk
John S. Palm, '02, '03.
SEVENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
CITY OF LOWELL, MASS.
AND THE
FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Superintendent of Public Schools
1904
LOWELL, MASS.
BUTTERFIELD PRINTING COMPANY.
I905
CITY OF LOWELL
Office of the School Committee,
Lowell, Mass., January 2, 1905.
At a meeting of the School Committee, held January 2, 1905, it was voted
that the Committee on Reports and the Superintendent of Schools have leave to
print their annual reports for the year 1904,
In accordance with this vote the reports are herewith submitted.
A. K. WHITCOMB, Secretary.
ORGANIZATION
OF THE
School Committee
1904
WILLIAM W. DUNCAN, President.
ARTHUR K. WHITCOMB, Secretary.
Ward 1— WILLIAM W. DUNCAN, 56 Hildreth Bldg.
" .2— JOHN J, HANLON, 169 Broadway
" 3— OTIS ALLEN, 226 Meirimack St.
" 4—WILLIAM F. REGAN, 79 Kinsman St,
" 5— DENNIS J. MURPHY, 33 Tyler St.
" 6— JOSEPH N. MARSTON, Runels Bldg.
« 7— ANDREW G. SWAPP, 307 Pawtucket St.
" 8— CHARLES W. TAYLOR, 17 Kirk St.
" 9— HUGH WALKER, 3 Wyman's Exchange
Term expires 1905
1905
1904
1905
1904
1904
1905
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1905
4 ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1904
STANDING COMMITTEES
On Teachers and Salaries — Messrs. Swapp, Duncan, Murphy.
On Books and Supplies — Messrs. Marston, Taylor, Allen, Regan, Walker.
On Evening Schools — Messrs. Allen, Swapp, Marston, Taylor, Hanlon.
On High School — Messrs. Duncan, Swapp, Marston, Murphy, Regan.
On Evening Drawing Schools — Messrs. Taylor, Duncan, Hanlon.
On Music — Messrs. Murphy, Allen, Walker.
On Reports and Printing — Messrs. Hanlon, Regan, Allen.
On Accounts — Messrs. Taylor, Duncan, Walker:
On School Houses and Hygiene — Messrs. Walker, Hanlon, Marston.
On Rules — Messrs. Regan, Murphy, Swapp.
ASSIGNMENT OF SCHOOLS
Mr. Duncan — High, Edson, Kirk street, Cottage street.
Mr. Hanlon — Green, Worthen street, Cheever street, Morrill, Worthen
street Kindergarten.
Mr. Allen — Lincoln, Howard street, Grand street, Plain street, Lincoln and
Plain street Kindergartens.
Mr. Regan — High, Butler, London street, Weed street, Agawam street, Carter
street, Lyon street, Agawam street and Chapel street Kindergartens.
Mr. Murphy — High, Charles street, Central street, Ames street, Fayette
street, Charles street Kindergarten.
Mr. 'Marston — High, Varnum, West Sixth street, Tenth street, Lakeview
Avenue, Billings street, Varnum Kindergarten.
Mr. Swapp — High, Bartlett, Pawtucket, Training, Cross street, Cabot street,
New Moody street, Lexington Avenue, Pawtucket, and Bartlett
Kindergartens.
Mr. Taylor — Highland, Franklin, Dover street, Powell street, Pine street,
Middlesex Village, Franklin, Dover and Pine street Kindergartens.
Mr. Walker — Moody, Pond street, High street, Sycamore street, Moody
Kindergarten.
ASSIGNMENT OF EVENING SCHOOLS
Mr. Allen — High, Edson, Howard street.
Mr. Swapp — Bartlett, Green, Pawtucket, Cheever.
Mr. Marston — Varnum, Aiken avenue, Colburn, Old Moody.
Mr. Taylor — Mann, Worthen.
Mr. Hanlon — Butler, Franklin.
ARTHUR K. WHITCOMB, Superintendent of Public Schools.
Office in City Hall.
Office Hours — One hour after the forenoon session of schools, and from
2 to 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Telephone 566-4.
School Supply Room.
Open 8 a. m. to 12,30 p. m., and 1 to 5 p. m.
Telephone 506-2.
/
TRUANT COMMISSIONERS
GEO. F. STURTEVANT, JAMES KELLY, WM, F. THORNTON,
CAMILLE ROUSSIN.
Office in City Hall, Third Floor.
Office Hours — Saturday, 2 to 3 o'clock p. m. Other days, 4 to 5 o'clock
p. m., except during the summer vacation, when the office will be open from 9
to 10 o'clock a. m.
ORGANIZATION
OF THE
School Committee
1905
WILLIAM W. DUNCAN, President.
ARTHUR K. WHITCOMB, Secretary.
Ward 1— WILLIAM W. DUNCAN, 21 Hildreth Bldg.
" 2— JOHN J, HANLON, 1(69 Broadway
" 3— ANDREW S. WOOD, 598 School St.
" 4— WILLIAM F. REGAN, 79 Kinsman St.
" 5— EUGENE C. QUEENAN, 54 Pond St.
" 6— HARRY SWANN, 94 Beech St.
" 7— ANDREW G. SWAPP, 307 Pawtucket St.
" 8— CHARLES W. TAYLOR, M. D., 17 Kirk St.
" 9— HUGH WALKER, D. D. S., 3 Wyman's Exchange
Term expires 1905
1905
1906
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1905
1906
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8 ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, I905
STANDING COMMITTEES
On Teachers and Salaries — Messrs. Swapp, Duncan, Regan.
On Books and Supplies — Messrs. Hanlon, Taylor, Swann, Wood, Walker.
On Evening Schools — Messrs. Wood, Swapp, Taylor, Swann, Hanlon. •
On High School — Messrs. Duncan, Swapp, Taylor, Queenan, Regan.
On Evening Drawing Schools — Messrs. Taylor, Duncan, Walker.
On Music — Messrs, Queenan, Wood, Hanlon.
On Reports and Private Schools — Messrs. Walker, Wood, Hanlon.
On Accounts, — Messrs. Swann, Duncan, Queenan.
On School Houses and Hygiene — Messrs. Walker, Regan, Swann.
On Rules — Messrs. Regan, Queenan, Swapp.
ASSIGNMENT OF SCHOOLS
Mr. Duncan — High, Edson, Kirk street, Cottage street.
Mr. Hanlon — Green, Worthen street, Cheever street, Morrill, Morrill
Kindergarten.
Mr. Wood — Lincoln, Howard street, Grand street, Plain street, Lincoln and
Plain street Kindergartens.
Mr. Regan — High, Butler, London street, Weed street, Agawam street, Carter
street, Lyon street, Agawam street and Chapel street Kindergartens.
Mr. Queenan — High, Charles street, Central street, Ames street, Fayette
street, Charles street Kindergarten.
Mr. Swann — Varnum, West Sixth street, Tenth street, Lakeview Avenue,
Billings street, Varnum Kindergarten.
Mr. Swapp — High, Bartlett, Pawtucket, Training, Cross street, Cabot street,
New Moody street, Lexington Avenue, Pawtucket and Bartlett
Kindergartens.
Mr. Taylor — High, Highland, Franklin, Dover street, Powell street, Pine
street, Middlesex Village, Franklin, Dover and Pine street Kinder-
gartens.
Mr. Walker — Moody. Pond street, High street, Sycamore street, Moody
Kindergarten.
ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1905
ASSIGNMENT OF EVENING SCHOOLS
Mr. Wood — High, Edson, Railroad street.
Mr. Swapp — Bartlett, Green, Cheever, Pawtucket.
Mr. Swann — Varnum, Aiken avenue, Old Moody, Colburn.
Mr. Taylor — Mann, Worthen street.
Mr. Hanlon — Butler, Franklin.
ARTHUR K. WHITCOMB, Superintendent of Public Schools.
Office in City Hall.
Office Hours — One hour after the forenoon session of schools and from 2 to
3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Telephone 566-4.
School Supply Room.
Open 8 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. and 1 to 5 p. m. Telephone 506-2.
TRUANT COMMISSIONERS
GEO. F. STURTEVANT, JAMES KELLY, WM. F. THORNTON,
CAMILLE ROUSSIN.
Office in City Hall, Third Floor.
Office Hours — Saturday, 2 to 3 o'clock p. m. Other days, 4 to 5 o'clock
p. m., except during the summer vacation, when the office will be open from
9 to 10 o'clock a. m.
REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
January 31. February 28. March 28. April 25.
May 31. June 27. July 25. August 29.
September 26. October 31. November 28. December 26.
REPORTS
Report of the School Committee
Gentlemen of the Board :
The law which imposes upon school committees the
duty of making- annually a full report upon the condition
of the schools is a very old one, and in our opinion a
very good one. The children and youth of a city are
beyond all comparison its most important possession,
and the schools in which these children are being edu-
cated are, or ought to be, a matter of the greatest in-
terest to every citizen. The public, therefore, has a
right to a report on the work of the year, and on present
conditions, as full and as frank as can be made. To
meet these requirements as fully and as frankly as pos-
sible is certainly the wish of the present committee.
Before the appointment of superintendents of schools
(that is, so far as Lowell is concerned, until within the
last forty years), the duty of attending to all details,
collecting all statistics, and writing the whole report,
rested on the members of the committee ; but in more
recent years the larger part of this work has very prop-
erly been turned over to the Superintendent. In most
cities, indeed, if we may judge from the reports we have
14 SCHOOL COMMITTEE S REPORT.
examined, the committee has retired from the report-
making business altogether, and has satisfied the statu-
tory requirement by simply adopting as its own the
report of the Superintendent. This has, indeed, been
done in Lowell once or twice, the committee on reports
only taking the space required to refer readers to the
fuller report of the Superintendent, but generally com-
mittees have had something of their own to say, and
have said it well.
Financial conditions, for instance, were discussed
by the committee on reports in 1901 in considerable de-
tail, and with a clearness which left nothing to be misun-
derstood by any one who would give the report fair
consideration. The need of new school houses has been
emphasized by nearly all committees in recent years,
and that only real needs were presented is well shown
by the makeshift structures now adorning the yards of
the Lakeviev Avenue and Highland schools. The com-
mittee of 1899 asked that janitors of school buildings be
placed in the charge of the school committee ; a change
which would undoubtedly be for the good of both jani-
tors and schools, whatever might be its effect upon the
committee, and the report of 1903 spoke what was be-
lieved to be the final word on the subjects of penmanship
and music.
Of this custom of Lowell committees in the past
the present committee on reports desires to express its
unqualified approval. However full and excellent the
report of the Superintendent may be, there are often
SCHOOL COMMITTEES REPORT. 1 5
subjects to be discussed on which the committee can
speak more appropriately than anyone else. This is not
to suggest the possibility of differences of opinion be-
tween the Superintendent and the committee. If we
assume that the former says neither more nor less than
just what should be said, there would still be left topics
on which the committee could speak with an authority
which the Superintendent does not possess, and on these,
vigorous and pointed opinions are greatly to be com-
mended.
The work of the school committee in the past year,
and, indeed, in all recent years, has been very pleasant
in that mutual courtesy and kindly consideration has
prevailed between members, and honest differences of
opinion have been so harmonized by informal discussion
that minority reports of standing committees have been
unknown, and the action of the full board has been
unanimous on all matters of importance during the year,
except, perhaps, the question of increase of salaries in
June. On this all members were agreed in wishing that
it were possible to make many advances, but they dif-
fered on the way or place in which an increase should
be made. The result was a report from the committee
on salaries recommending that all salaries remain as be-
fore except a few rewards of long service in the High
School, and that the report was accepted by a large ma-
jority, though not by a unanimous vote. That a committee
so diverse in its personality, representing nine different
wards, and divided almost equally between two great
1 6 school committee's report.
political parties, should be able to have so nearly unani-
mous action through the year certainly speaks well for
the spirit of fairness which has actuated all its members,
and ought to be a strong recommendation to the confi-
dence of the public.
We note with regret that the term of office of three
members has expired, and that, not having been candi-
dates for re-election, their membership in the committee
ends with the year. Mr. Murphy has served six years,
Dr. Marston four, and Dr. Allen two. All have been
intelligent and active public servants, and all deserve the
thanks of the public for their services. Members of the
School Committee receive no pay, and the work they do
is much greater than is generally supposed. The board
has a regular meeting each month, in addition to special
meetings which may be called at any time, and there are
also at least fifty meetings of standing committees to be
attended. Schools are to be visited, conferences with
the Superintendent, with parents, and with teachers are
frequent, and altogether the amount of time given to
the work is very considerable. That men are willing to
give so much of their time, and to face the possibility of
loss through fidelity to duty, is certainly a matter of
commendation, which comes all too rarely.
The schools of the city are all, so far as we know,
in good condition and doing good work. To the teach-
ers the thanks of the committee, and the public, are due
for a zeal, a fidelity, and a success, which are almost uni-
versal. For statistics of the work done, discussion of
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT. 1 7
present conditions, and suggestions for future action,
see the report of the Superintendent.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN J. HANLON.
WM. F. REGAN.
OTIS ALLEN.
REPORT OF THE
Superintendent of Schools.
Office of the Superintendent of Schools,
December 31, 1904.
Gentlemen of the School Committee :
In accordance with your rules, I have the honor to
submit the following as my report for the year 1904:
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Value of real and personal property $71,614,907
Population by census of 1900 94,969
Number of polls 25,555
Increase for the year 996
Number of children between five and fifteen years of
age, September 1, 1904 14,290
Ward One, 876 Ward Six, 2010
11 Two, 1059 " Seven, 2859
Three, 1407 " Eight, 1724
Four, 161 2 " Nine, 1640
Five, 1 103
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Number of public schools 59
One High, nine Grammar, thirty-three Primary,
two Mixed, one Training, thirteen Kindergartens.
Number of public school buildings 53
Number of school rooms in actual use 286
High 34 ; Grammar, 117 ; Primary, 117; Mixed,
4 ; Kindergarten, 14.
Number of elected teachers December 31, 1904 307
Absent on leave, 2 ; in actual service 305
High School, nine men, twenty-four women.
Grammar Schools, nine men, one hundred seven
women.
Primary schools, one hundred eleven women.
Training School, ten women.
Mixed Schools, three women.
Kindergartens, twenty-five women.
One supervisor of kindergartens.
Two teachers of drawing.
Two teachers of music.
One teacher of sewing.
One military instructor.
Number of teachers of Evening Schools, term of
i903-'o4 • 192
Whole number enrolled in Evening Schools, term
I 9°3-'o4 4826
Whole number enrolled in Day Schools 12,223
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Average number belonging to Day Schools 10,401
High, 890 ; Grammar, 4539 ; Primary, 4406 ;
Mixed, 120 ; Kindergarten, 436.
Average attendance 9479
High, 847 ; Grammar, 4226 ; Primary, 3941 ;
Mixed, 121 ; Kindergartens, 344.
Average number belonging to each teacher 34
High, 28 ; Grammar, 36 ; Primary, 37 ; Mixed,
33 ; Kindergarten, 17.
Average belonging to each room 37
High 26 ; Grammar, 39 ; Primary, 38 ; Mixed,
33 ; Kindergarten, 31.
Average per cent, of attendance 91
High, 95 ; Grammar, 93 ; Primary, 89 ; Mixed,
93 ; Kindergarten, 79.
Average cost of each pupil, for .tuition only, based on
the average number belonging $20.84
High, $39.19; Grammar, $19.35 I Primary and
Mixed, $16.35 ; Kindergartens, $28.65.
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed in 1904 $300,000.00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid to teachers of day schools : —
High School $ 34,883.35
Grammar Schools — Bartlett School, $ 8,574.18
Butler " 12,663.88
Edson " 8,633.08
Green " 8,438.69
Highland " 11,818.06
A.Lincoln " 7,718.58
Moody " 6,957.15
Pawtucket" 5,699.77
Varnum il 12,116.37
82,619.76
Primary and Mixed Schools 71,246.47
Training School 11,451.81
Kindergartens 12,493.50
Special Teachers 4,085.00
Total paid for instruction in day schools, 216,779.89
Evening Schools ; —
Teachers $15,808.00
Janitors 1,902.75
17,7*0.75
Drawing Schools : —
Teachers $3,922,00
Janitor 87.00
4,009.00
Amount carried forward $238,499.64
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Amount brought forward $238,499.64
Cost of supervision : —
Salary of Superintendent of Schools $3,000.00
Office Assistant '. 540.00
Truant officers ( four ) 4,100.00
Assistant in supply room 599. 00
$8,239.00
Total of Salaries $246,738.64
Fuel $20,491.94
Water 1,195.11
Gas for day schools 475*53
Gas for evening schools 892.53
Bills of Superintendent of Public Build-
ings for repairs 1,801.39
Repairs, furniture, curtains, etc 1,071.47
Electrical repairs and maintenance. ... 851. 12
Text books 5>939-69
Writing and drawing books, etc 4,632.26
Supplementary reading 2,215.07
Bills of Middlesex County, board of
truants 2,794.62
Manual training equipment, etc 431.41
Printing, including annual report .... 1,695.21
Kindergarten equipment and supplies . 418.29
Supplies, Manual Training School .... 129. 10
Janitors' supplies 1,490.05
Amounts carried forward $46,424.79 $246,738.64
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Amounts brought forward $46,524.79 $246,738.64
Board of horses, repairs of wagons, etc. . 935-32
Power for ventilating purposes 1,612.21
Electric lighting 79 I -37
Material for sewing classes 269.35
Apparatus for High School 1 ^>SA1
High School Regiment 325.50
Graduations 389. 13
Rent of Room and Land 341.00
Equipment of Commercial Dept 294.70
Miscellaneous 1,125.31
Total of bills $52,794. 15
Total expenditures $299,532.79
Balance to Treasury Fund 467.21
SCHOOL HOUSES
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed $66,750.58
Received from other sources 2,239.45
Total 68,990.03
EXPENDITURES
Janitors . 40,606.73
General Repairs and Labor 28,383.30
Total 68,990.03
Temporary house in Highland school yard
Appropriation $2,700.00
Expenditures 2,699.57
Returned to Treasury Fund .43
SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. 25
SCHOOL CENSUS AND ATTENDANCE
The number of children between five and fifteen years of age
in the city in September last, as shown by the census, was
14,290, a number differing but slightly from that of last year.
The polls, after falling off 2021 in the three years ending with
1903, showed an increase of 996 in 1904, and a similar increase
in the number of children of school age was anticipated, but did
not occur. The reason why it did not is probably found in the
changed personnel of our immigration. The natives of central and
western Europe and of Canada who have until recently formed the
mass of new arrivals have usually had families of good size, and an
increase in the number of men meant an equal or greater increase
in the number of children. The Greeks and other peoples from
southeastern Europe and from Asia, however, who have been
coming to us so rapidly in recent years, rarely have children with
them, or at least children not old enough to work in the mills, and
there is therefore a much more rapid increase of adult population
than of children.
The average number of children belonging to the schools in
the school year ending in June, 1904, as stated in the foregoing
tables of statistics, was 10,401, and the average attendance 9,479,
an increase over the previous year, small it is true, only 71 in
number attending, but yet gratifying when made in the face of an
actual decrease in the number of children in the city. The opening
of the schools for a new school year last September showed a still
further gain in number belonging, from 10,373 m I 9 3> to 10,666
in 1904, an increase of 293.
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
The expenditures of the school department in 1904,
$299,532.79, were less than in IQ03 by $12,989.95. In salaries
there was an increase of $2,813.22, an increase due in part to
higher salaries for a few teachers, and in part to an increase in the
number of teachers employed, but this was much more than offset
by the decrease in the cost of fuel from $34,871.04 in 1903 to
$20,491.94 in 1904, a gain of $14,379. 10.
In the preceding tables the salaries of teachers and janitors of
evening school's are given separately, but no attempt is made to
separate other expenses of the evening schools from those of the
day schools. It would, indeed, be very difficult to do this with
absolute accuracy. Most evening schools are kept in houses which
are used in the day time for day schools; the coal for heating is
taken from the same bin for both, and gas for lighting is drawn
through the same meter. The charge of $791.37 for electric
lighting is mainly for evening schools, but not wholly. Books and
supplies are purchased in wholesale quantities as far as possible, in
order to get the advantage of wholesale rates in prices, and are
distributed to schools as needed. Our system of bookkeeping,
however, makes it a matter of no great difficulty to find the cost of
supplies sent to any class of schools, or to any individual school for
that matter, so that an accurate separation here is possible, and
when made it shows expenses for evening schools alone to be as
follows: Text books, $521.88; writing books, $298.99; other
supplies $214,47, an d a close approximation of the cost of fuel and
light is $625.61 for the former and $1600 for the latter, a total of
$3,261.95, or, including salaries as previously noted, $21,719.75,
a final total of $24,981.70. The average number of pupils belong-
ing in the evening schools, including 318 in the evening drawing
schools, was 2876, and the average expense per pupil $8.69, a sum
SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. 27
far larger for the hours spent in school than is the expense per
pupil in the day schools. The expense per pupil in the evening
drawing schools is largest of all, $12.61.
The expense of the schools per pupil for instruction only, —
that is the quotient obtained by dividing the total of salaries of
teachers by the average number of pupils belonging to the schools,
is easily obtained, and is given in detail in this report on page 21.
The average expense per pupil for books and supplies is an equal
matter of interest, but the question as to just what constitutes
"supplies" is less easily settled, and the difference of opinion
among school officers on this point is so great that the comparisons
which are often made have little value unless the basis of each is
carefully explained. All would agree, probably, that text books,
stationery, etc., come under this head, but how about scissors
and cloth for sewing classes, lumber and paint for manual training
classes, or chemicals for laboratories? The distinction between
supplies and equipment is also a very close one at times. In the
course of ten years several kindergarten chairs and tables are out
of commission, for instance; if new ones are purchased is the cost
to be charged to equipment or supplies? Those who wish to make
it appear that they are economical in the matter of supplies can
easily vary the final totals by pretty large sums each year by
putting such items into equipment. In Lowell, however, the
custom has always been to charge all purchase of new furniture or
material which is to replace that which is no longer usable to
supplies, and to charge to equipment only that which marks a
distinct advance on previous work. Bearing this fact in mind the
following figures may be of interest :
Average cost per day school pupil (kindergartners who use no
books omitted) for text books and supplementary reading, $0.77 ;
average per pupil for text books, writing and drawing books, paper,,
pens, pencils, etc., etc., $1.20; average per pupil, kindergartners
included, for all possible supplies, including with the foregoing
28 superintendent's report.
sewing supplies $269.35, kindergarten supplies, one-half of which
is equipment, $418.29, manual training supplies $129.10, and
laboratory supplies, $185.47, $1.23. This sum is, I think, some-
what below the usual average in Lowell, and is certainly a good
deal below the average expense in most cities in the country.
The schools earned in 1904 $6086 in tuitions. Deducting
this sum, with $2794.62 paid for board of truants, from the total
expenses of the whole school department for day schools, and
dividing by the average number of pupils belonging through the
year we get an average per pupil of $25.64. This sum is very low
indeed as compared with most cities of the size of Lowell, partly
because our schools are managed economically but also quite
largely because in most cities janitors of day schools are paid by
the school department, making a very material item of expense
from which the Lowell school department is spared.
Expenses in 1905 will inevitably be somewhat larger than in
1904. We begin the year with one more special teacher and four
more teachers in grammar schools than one year ago, a matter of
some $2400, and the increase of salary voted to high school
teachers last June amounts to $2800 annually. Changes and
additions in the high school annex now under consideration and
likely to be voted will amount to $1000 or more. The addition of
these sums to the amount actually expended in 1904 will make
$306,000, in round numbers, and this sum will be the estimate to
be presented to the committee on appropriations in January, 1905.
SCHOOL HOUSES
In the school year ending in June, 1904, the Green and
Varnum schools were each forced by overcrowding to place a
teacher and class of pupils in their assembly hall, and the Butler
and Highland schools were each obliged to locate two teachers and
two classes in the same inappropriate place. In the Butler the
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shape of the hall made it possible to have these so-called ' ' rooms ' '
of pupils quite far apart, in corners of the hall diagonally opposite,
and the two did not very seriously disturb each other. At the
Highland, however, conditions did not permit of a similar arrange-
ment, and the two ' ' rooms ' ' were necessarily side by side. They .
were separated by a cloth screen, which was a complete enough
barrier to vision but a very slight interruption to sound, and the
work of the teachers and pupils could only be carried on at a great
disadvantage. Anticipating, too, the necessity of placing still a
third class in the same hall in the fall a petition was presented to
the city council for the finishing off during the vacation of two new
school rooms in the open attic which is over the rear of the build-
ing. This attic is large enough and is sufficiently well lighted to
provide space and other needed conditions for two thoroughly
good rooms, and the only objection to them is that they would be
on the third floor, a common enough thing in most cities but
happily rare in Lowell. A largely signed petition of citizens was
also presented to the city council asking for better school accom-
modations at the Highlands either by the building of a large
addition to the present schoolhouse or by the erection of a new
house further south. Such a building, however, would probably
require two years to secure an appropriation and erect, and the
need of some increased accommodation was so imminent that it was
thought best to press the request for the two rooms to be finished
at once without regard to possible action on the demand for a new
house.
The council, however, did nothing with either petition, and
when the school reopened in September it was found necessary to
place in the hall not only one but two more classes with three
teachers, making four classes and five teachers in one open hall.
Conditions were then, of course, simply intolerable, and to relieve
them a temporary building of four rooms was hastily erected in the
school yard. This building cost but $2700 equipped for use. Its
30 superintendent's report.
flat roof makes it, architecturally, a most unpleasing blot on the
landscape, but its rooms are well arranged and comfortable. It is
doubtless making the best of an unendurably bad condition, but
should be considered only as the temporary substitute for the
• larger and better building which is needed.
In Centralville where land for a new house was purchased in
1903 it was expected that a new building would be begun in 1904,
but the city council could not agree on the kind of house to erect,
and nothing has been done. Probably a new house will be built in
1905. In the meantime the master of the Varnum school is using
one of the two kindergarten rooms in his house for a class of his
pupils, and will be forced in February next to place a second
"room" in his assembly hall. For his school it is evident,
therefore, that relief cannot come too soon.
The Pawtucket school, long overcrowded, has been obliged
this year to accept what seems to be the fashionable method of
relief in Lowell, and has located a class of pupils and teacher in its
assembly hall. The Moody has expanded to the extent of one
room, but, happily, had an unoccupied room in which to locate the
new teacher with her class. Would that all our grammar schools
were equally fortunate.
The Butler school still lacks the land for a school yard for
which a plea has been made annually for several years, and a new
building would already be a great convenience and will be an
absolute necessity in the immediate future.
Of the primary schools none are overcrowded except Lyon
Street, and this could be relieved at once if parents were willing
to send their children, as they might easily do, to Carter Street,
Agawam Street and Chapel Street schools which are on the
three sides of the one in question.
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SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
Four additional school rooms were opened during the year,
and four new teachers were employed, one each at the Moody and
Pawtucket schools and two at the Highland. The work of
Mr. Ketchum who taught drawing in the high school one day a
week in 1903 was extended to enable him to give also two days
per week to the supervision and teaching of drawing in the grade
schools, thus increasing the number of special teachers by one.
Rooms and teachers in the primary schools and the kindergartens
remain as before, though one kindergarten has been transferred
from the Worthen street to the Morrill school building, a change
which seems a benefit to all concerned. The kindergarten itself
has increased in numbers in its new quarters, it occupies a room
which would otherwise remain unused, while at Worthen street its
absence has permitted the bringing of one class of children from the
third to the first floor, and has added a much needed room for the
use of the evening school.
Changes in the roll of teachers have been as follows :
DIED.
Term of
Service
Lizzie M. Hadley of the Ames Street School. ...... 35 years
RESIGNED.
Bertha J. Curtis of the Bartlett School 5 years
Lizzie A. Molloy of the Cottage Street School 17 "
Elizabeth Worthley of the High Street School. ... 13 "
Mary A. Meehan of the Fayette Street School 9 "
Fred W. Putnam of the High School 5 "
32 SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT.
TRANSFERRED.
Maude E. Green, from Middlesex Village to High Street.
Frances Clark, from the Bartlett Primary to the Bartlett
Grammar.
ELECTED.
Anna T. Coburn, to the Central Street School.
Mary G. Courtney, to the Lakeview Avenue School.
Annie V. Donoghue, to the Varnum School.
Esther M. Downing, to the Lincoln School.
Katherine G. Egan, to the Middlesex Village School.
Margaret S. Jamieson, to the Howard Street School.
Eva G. Magoon, to the Agawam Street School.
Margaret G. McDonald, to the Lincoln School.
Jennie E. Rogers, to the Highland School.
Helen D. Swain, to the Pine Street School.
Edwin M. Roberts, to the High School.
Bridget K. Smith, to the Bartlett Primary School.
In the death of Miss Hadley the city loses one of its ablest and
most successful teachers. Visiting her room the last week in
October ten years or so ago I found a class of little ones who had
entered school the previous month, reading and writing many short
words. From the ease and readiness with which they recognized
these words I jumped to the conclusion that the class had received
special drill on a limited list which they had memorized, and I
asked Miss Hadley how many words the class had mastered. My
question was so foreign to her method of teaching that she did not
at first understand it, but when she did her answer was to assert
that the list included all monosyllables in the English language
which do not contain silent letters. Further testing seemed to
show that she was not claiming too much. I did not, indeed, give
SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. 33
her class all the short words in the language, but a great many
were given, and all pronounced at once. A few years later I
recalled this incident to Miss Hadley, confessing the surprise I felt,
and was told in return that she hoped I did not think the case was
unusual in her room. To prove that it was not she tested a class
at once, with much the same result as before. After this each year
she made a point of showing me the work of her five-year-olds
some time in the fall or early winter when they had been her pupils
seven or eight weeks, and they were always able to do work of
about the same sort as that I had first noted. This was, of course,
because of their mastery of phonics, and their ability to apply to
any word the sounds which are common in all. In the application
of this principle I have never seen Miss Hadley' s equal, and if any-
body, anywhere has ever been able to do more I have never heard
of it. Miss Hadley was, doubtless, one of the teachers who are
" born, not made," but her zeal and fidelity were at least the
equal of her natural ability, and she remained an eager student of
education to the very end of her life. Few teachers have her
ability, but all can exemplify her spirit if they will. Most teachers
of her class, indeed, in Lowell or elsewhere, are constantly reading,
studying, investigating, experimenting, and so trying to make
their good work better still, just as Miss Hadley did, and it is only
the very poor teachers who are sure that they already know so
much that there is no use to learn more. To such the example of
Miss Hadley is commended.
HIGH SCHOOL
The average number of pupils belonging in the High School
increased from 839 in 1903 to 890 in the year ending in June, 1904,
and in September last there was a further increase to 933. No
addition, however has been made to the teaching force.
In an earlier paragraph attention was called to the fact that
34 SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT.
the city received $6086 in tuitions in 1904. Of this sum $6000 in
round numbers should stand to the credit of the High School, and
would make a very material reduction in its expenses.
The commercial department, established in 1900, graduated
its first class in a full four years course last June. The class
numbered 46, 12 boys and 34 girls, and several others who might
have graduated, were tempted away from the school in the last
half of their fourth year by the offer of desirable positions. The
number of graduates in this department, by the way, measures but
a small part of its work. Many students in other courses have
taken either the bookkeeping or the shorthand as an elective, and
many others graduated in 1903 on a three years course. Almost
all graduates either of last year or of this year who desired posi-
tions have secured them, and all these, so far as their teachers can
learn, are doing well and are giving good satisfaction. The
department has acquired a high reputation abroad, and the large
number of students in it testifies to the appreciation in which it is
held at home.
The graduation exercises of the school were held in Hunting-
ton Hall, June 21, the principal address of the evening being by
President Faunce of Brown University. The number of graduates
was 176, a class not larger than usual, but presenting, as compared
with classes of a decade ago, one feature of interest which is also a
subject for congratulations. Less than ten years ago, indeed, the
proportion of students graduating in the three years' course to that
of the four years' course was more than three to one. The class of
1896, for instance, had in it 27 in the four years' course and 94 in
the three years' course, while in the class of 1904 the conditions
were nearly reversed, their being 120 in the five and four year
courses and but 56 in the three years' course. The building in
which the exercises were held has since been destroyed by fire and
is not likely to be rebuilt, so that the class of 1904 bids fair to be
the last to graduate in the old historic hall.
SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. 35
In accordance with custom the program, the names of the
graduates, the names of the Carney Medal winners, and of the
honorable mention students ( those holding an average of 90% or
more ) are given herewith.
ORDER OF EXERCISES
1 CONCERT OVERTURE Turandot . . . Lachner
American Orchestra
2 MARCH Under One Flag . . . . . Von Blou
American Orchestra
3 CHORUS The Heavens Are Telling, from "The Creation" Hayde
4] [SALUTATORY Flowers in Song and Story
Elsie Farson Bradt
5 DOUBLE QUARTET
First Soprano: Miss Hart '04, Miss Moody '04
Second Soprano : Miss White '04, Miss Hunking '05
First Alto: Miss Libby '07, Miss Cove '05
Second Alto: Miss O'Brien '05, Miss Donnelly '04
(a) When? ...... Carl Bus ch
(6) A Little Dog Barked at the Big Round Moon Grace Wilbur Conant
♦
6 REMARKS AND INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER
Mr. William W. Duncan, President of School Board
36 superintendent's report.
7 ADDRESS
President William H. P. Faunce of Brown Uniyersity
8 MALE QUARTET A Moonlight Sail .... Geibl
First Tenor: Buckle '05
Second Tenor: Whipple '05
First Bass: Chase '04
Second Bass: Gookin '04
9 PRESENTATION OF PICTURE by Class of 1904
Melvin Freeman Master, Class President, 1904
ACCEPTANCE FOR THE SCHOOL
Mr. Dennis J. Murphy, of the High School Committee
10 VALEDICTORY Competition
Denis Augustine O'Brien
11 SOPRANO SOLO AND MALE CHORUS Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Ethelbert Nevin, Op. 9
Soprano: Miss Moody '04
First Tenor: Messrs. Buckle '05, O'Brien '04, Barton '04,
Whipple '05
Second Tenor : Messps. McDaniels '05, Leith '07,
Sanders '07, Haggerty '05
First Bass ; Messrs. Chase '04, Parker '04, Hatch '04,
Corcoran '04
Second Bass: Messrs. Gookin '04, Varnum '04
Keables '05, Shaw '05
12 PRESENTATION OF CARNEY MEDALS
Honorable mention of those who have attained a scholarship
rank of 90 per cent.
Mr. Arthur K. Whitcomb, Superintendent of Schools
SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. 37
H CHORUS The Lake ..... Franz Abt
14 PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
His Honor, the Mayor, Charles E. Howe
15 SINGING OF THE CLASS ODE Music by F M. A. Venua
Words by Alice Emily Manning
With hearts aglow, we're gathered here,
To sing farewell with parting cheer ;
The time too soon is drawing nigh
For classmates all to say Good-bye.
Farewell to friends and teachers all,
Whom oft with love we shall recall ;
Farewell to all our schoolmates dear,
The parting time at last is here.
But the future seems so fair and bright
As we stand here on this parting night,
That with a brave and hopeful heart
We each may on life's journey start.
16 FINALE On Emancipation Day ..... Cook
American Orchestra
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superintendent's report.
GRADUATES
FIVE YEARS' COURSE
Denis Augustine O'Brien
FOUR YEARS' COURSE
Arthur Bradley Barnes
Charles Leland Batchelder
Karl Bicknell
Mitchell Joseph Brosnan
John Harry Byrne
Abel Robert Campbell
Lee Howard Campbell
Burton Wolcott Cary
George Ezekiel Coburn
Marcus Johnson Cole
Thomas Callaghan Corcoran
William Andrew Dacey
Paul Augustine Davis
Leroy Frederick Fuller
Edward Joseph Garrity
William Leonard Gookin
Ray Bragdon Gordon
Maurice Ernest Harris
Lester Raymond Hayward
Willard Roswell Henderson
Charles William Henry Hoyt
Sidney Hewes Hunking
John Francis LeCam
Howard Alvord Leland
Edward Joseph Lynch
Melvin Freeman Master
Frank Leslie Miles
Guy Darrel McVicker
Thomas Benedict O'Hearn
Joseph Francis O'Neil
Robert Butcher Parker
William Woodward Rawlinson
Joseph Leonard Sargent
Albert Terence Scannell
Joseph Eugene Shanley, Jr.
Robert Watson
Daisy Odiorne Abbott
Elena Marelyn Abbott
Blanche Estelle Atkinson
Mertie May Bachelder
Ruth Merrill Bailey
Josephine Irene Boyle
Elsie Farson Bradt
Ruberta Marie Bramhall
Annie Leslie Brown
Carrie Louise Brown
Ethel Marie Burns
Margaret Mabel Cassidy
Emma Sophia Claus
Anna Theresa Coffey
Caroline Vaile Cooke
Mary Christina Frances Curran
Theresa Belle Darling
Frances Louise Donovan
Bessie Durston
Ruth Lane Eaton
Marion Faulkner
Mary Agnes Flynn
Alma Evelyn Fowler
Eugenie Viola Frappier
Mary Margaret Furlong
Helen Burt Gegenheimer
Elizabeth Anna Gilinson
Hazel Sophia Gilmore
Ida Belle Gray
Alice Thompson Greene
Florence Chase Greenlaw
Rose Verecunda Grennan
Helen Rose Halloran
Ivy Lillian Hands
Loretta Alice Hannifin
Mae Lillian Hart
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39
Anna Margaret Higgins
Alice Mary Hill
Florence Maud Holgate
Elizabeth Anna Johnson
Mary Helen Kelley
Myrtle Killpartrick
Jennie Frances Kirwin
Louise Agnes Beatrice Lennon
May Ella Patricia Lowney
Charlotte Rosalyn Macrae
Alice Emily Manning
Ella Edith Marshall
Mary Frances Helen Mollahan
Lenore Vera Moody
Evelyn Carrie. Ober
Anna Madeline O'Neil
Ethel Noyes Parker
Jennie May Powell
Mabel Bertha Purdy
Elizabeth Munroe Reed
Julia Frances Richardson
Mary Emma Richardson
Mary Estelle Richardson
Gertrude Katherine Roach
Ethel Abigail Sargent
Millie Alice Severance
Margaret Anna Shanley
Dora Blanche Sherburne
Margaret Mitchell Snow
Mary Spalding
Ethel May Stevens
May Davenport Stone
Marie Regina Sullivan
Sadie May Sweatt
Gertrude Katherine Teague
Margaret Annabelle Teague
Alice Mabel Unwin
Regina Vigeant
Elizabeth Morse Walsh
Katherine Mary Walsh
Leone Edith Welts
Helen May Whitcomb
Isabelle Eliza Wiggin
Maud May Willett
Julia Belle Wing
Vera Mildred Wood
Pearl Luella Woodward
THREE YEARS' COURSE
Sidney Cyrus Barton
William Baxter
Fred Albert Berry
Harry Warren Bickford
Wesley Edward Brow
Leo Waldemar Chase
James Robie Cove
Joseph Leo Cunningham
Earl Voter Daggett
William Alexander Driscoll
Thomas Graham Farrell
Everett Lincoln Field
John Henry Finnegan
Clinton Russell Hanson
Harry Augustus Hatch
Constant Clement Hinerth
Alice Rundlett Barclay
Edith May Beane
Marion Morse Bill
Annie Veronica Brodley
Susie Veracunda Burns
Marion Alice Doherty
Alice Louise Donnelly
Estelle May Drury
Ethel Evangeline Hall
Ellen Wilson Jenkins
Alice Theresa Kane
Helen Frances Keefe
Ada Clayton Kitchen
Honora Hildergarde Madigan
Ella Mae Martel
Katherine Louise Morris
4Q
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Warren Frank Howell
Charles Augustine Mahoney
Felton Lord Moody
Allan Douglas Parker
Herbert Lang Parker
Albert Warren Pease
Arthur Lewis Putnam
George Freeman Severance
Thomas Shaw
Ralph Lewis Sheppard
Paul Samuel Stephens
Arthur James Teague
Thomas Howard Varnum
Ralph Albertus Wilson
*Mary Anna McArdell
Mary Cecelia McLaughlin
Katharine Philomena O'Brien
Florence Ardella Oke
Mabelle Alice Parker
Alice Magdalen Roach
Ethel Pearl Trueworthy
Sophie May White
Maude Ethel Whitney
Alma Luella Wright
Denis Augustine O'Brien
Ray Bragdon Gordon
Arthur Bradley Barnes
CARNEY MEDALS
Elsie Farson Bradt
Ethel Noyes Parker
Elena Marelyn Abbott
HONORABLE MENTION
Dora Blanche Sherburne
Helen May Whitcomb
Evelyn Carrie Ober
Caroline Vaile Cooke
Millie Alice Severance
Ruth Merrill Bailey
Elizabeth Anna Gilinson
Alma Evelyn Fowler
Anna Theresa Coffey
Mary Frances Helen Mollahan
Annie Leslie Brown
May Davenport Stone
Hazel Sophia Gilmore
Margaret Mitchell Snow
Margaret Mabel Cassidy
Gertrude Katherine Teague
*Mary Anna McArdell
Mary Ella Patricia Lowney
Mertie May Bachelder
Alice Emily Manning
Mary Spalding
* Deceased
SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. 41
ATHLETICS
Athletics are at least as old as the times of the Persians among
whose nobility, according to Herodotus, education for the youth
consisted of training in courtesy, in telling the truth, and in athletic
exercises, and of the Greeks among whom sound bodies were
given honor at least equal to that accorded to sound minds, but the
problems connected with the subject in the public schools of this
country are decidedly new. Boat racing between universities like
Harvard and Yale does indeed go back for a generation or more,
but football and track meets are much more recent, and in the
public schools it is only within five years or less that the subject
has become prominent enough to really force attention upon it.
Today, however, no problem connected with the schools is arous-
ing greater interest, and upon none is opinion more divided.
School committees everywhere realize that they have an elephant
on their hands, and they do not know what to do with it. That
its possibilities for good are as great as are its certainties of evil if
left uncared for only adds to the seriousness of the problem, and if
a committee seeks to learn wisdom from the experiences and the
conclusions of others it faces chaos, for no two cities have had the
same experience, and scarcely any two have come to the same
conclusion.
In general it may be said that the subject has been forced to
the front by the students, their parents, and the public, in the face
of distrust and possibly opposition on the part of teachers, and
indifference on the part of committees. Boys and girls have
organized ' ' teams ' ' of various kinds, or have formed athletic
associations, sometimes with the sympathetic co-operation of
teachers but oftener with a reluctant half-hearted support, if
indeed, with any support at all. Then they have played games.
If they won the school and the city became proud of them, and
interest in their doings was increased ; if they lost the school and
42 SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT.
the public alleged that failure was due to lack of support, lack of
training, lack of efficient management, etc., and their teachers had
to bear the blame so that either victory or defeat brought pressure
upon school authorities to take the matter in hand. In some
cases even worse things happened. A team from one city, after a
game in another city, conducted itself in a way to bring, discredit
not only upon the school it represented but upon the city in which
it had its home. The master of the school made haste to disclaim
all responsibility, but not one in a hundred of those who knew of
the conduct of the team ever read the excuse of the teacher, and
those who did generally felt that if he really had no responsibility for
what his boys were doing he was more rather than less at fault.
This master, at least, was brought to the point where he must
either take athletics under his supervision or forbid his pupils to
engage in competitive contests at all. The latter alternative in
most Massachusetts cities is already an impossible one. The name
of the school is not copyrighted, and if it was, and if a master
should force his pupils to drop athletics under penalty of expulsion,
it is perfectly evident that the public would not sustain him^ The
fact is athletics have come, and they have come to stay ; whether
some of us like it or not 'makes little difference ; it is a situation
and not a theory that confronts us.
From the foregoing it is evident that I have no illusions as to
the effect which my personal opinion will have upon conditions
which already exist, but I have no desire to use this fact as a shield
behind which to hide from a record. I am, indeed, perfectly
willing to stand up and be counted as one who has a very
thoroughgoing belief in the propriety and the value, value for
character building even more than for physical development, of
most forms of wisely directed athletics. I believe fully in basket
ball for both boys and girls, in base ball, track meets, etc., for
boys, if properly supervised and managed, and I do not like
football for grammar or secondary schools. In colleges and
SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. 43
universities the case is different; students there are older, more
mature, with harder muscles, and always with more thorough train-
img, but in teams from fitting schools the death roll each year is too
appalling to allow me to endorse the game. Possibly if I had seen
more of it I should like it better, but for me the frequent sight of a
boy stretched upon the ground unable to rise, probably uninjured
but possibly dead or dying, has in it much more of discomfort than
of pleasure, and I do not like it. The fact, however, that all of the
deaths this year, thirteen in number so far as reported, and nearly
all the serious injuries, some 300 which are a matter of record,
were in young and untrained teams, or in teams but poorly trained,
emphasizes as nothing else can do the need of care and of proper
training if the game is permitted to go on at all.
But to return to the general proposition. Five years ago I
should have said that in dealing with athletics in cities the size of
Lowell there were three alternatives : First to forbid all competi-
tive meets ; second, to permit the students to run the thing to suit
themselves, only interfering when some wrong action occurs or
seems imminent ; and, third, to take charge of athletics as the
school takes charge of other school exercises, though allowing, of
course, as much initiative to the players as is possible. Today I
believe only the last is feasible or right.
In Lowell, happily, the confidence of the students in the
master has been so complete, and the master's co-operation
in the work of the athletic association has been so sane and
so sympathetic, that the relations of the two have always been in
the highest degree harmonious and helpful. It is perfectly plain,
however, that in some cases better results would have followed if
the master and teachers of the school had had a closer relation to
some of the teams. A good illustration of the benefit of the co-
operation of a teacher may be seen in the present condition of the
girls' basket ball team or of the boys' track team. For the latter
the boys, after consultation between their executive committee and
44 superintendent's report.
Mr. Irish, have recently elected Mr. Woodward as manager.
Mr. Woodward has never posed as an athlete, but he has good
sense and the confidence of the boys. The latter are now sure that
their business will be wisely managed, and that a fair show will be
given to all. An excellent trainer is assisting them, and the zeal
and good feeling with which they are taking hold of the work is
delightful. Whether the team wins any meets or not is yet to be
seen, and is, indeed, a secondary matter ; the mportant thing is
that the boys are getting a very valuable physical training under
conditions which tend to the development of good fellowship, good
morals, and genuine manliness, qualities which give value to
any exercise.
And, indeed, the lact that these benefits reach only a limited
number, and this the class which needs it least, is the thing about
it which is most to be regretted. The swiftest runner in the
school is trained to run still faster in order that he, and the team of
which he is a member, may win victories, but the slowest runner,
the boy who really needs this training most, gets none of it, for he
knows, and all his mates know, that no amount of training will
make him a record breaker, however much good it may do him as
an individual. It is this phase of the question which gives interest
to the announcement of one of our most progressive colleges that
next year it will make training for all kinds of athletic games and
competitions a part of its curr culum for all students, the slow and
the weak as well as the swift and the strong, and that this training,
through the summer months at least, shall be out of doors. I shall
be glad if the Lowell High School can sometime offer as much,
though I am sorry to say that I see no place for such work, cer-
tainly such compulsory work, at present. In non-competitive
physical culture exercises, though, the school is already doing
more than most and about as well as the best. Military drill for
boys and calisthenics for girls are required of all, and both are as
good as ample equipment and expert teachers can make them. It
SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. 45
should also, perhaps, be added that the training of the athletic
association is equally open to all, though not, of course, compul-
sory, and if those who are not athletic do not take it, it is because
they do not choose to do so. The doors are always open, and
Mr. Woodward gives assurance that all shall be welcome.
In a letter of the headmaster of the High School to the
school committee, Dec. 27, 1904, he called attention to the re-
markable development of athletic sports and activities in the school
in recent years, and expressed the opinion that it is the function
and duty of school authorities to supervise the whole work, and
especially to see that reasonable care and prudence are exercised in
all athletic exercises and competitions to prevent injury to players,
and he pertinently adds that he does not see how we can escape
this responsibility even if we desire to do so. " Large numbers of
pupils," he says "enter into active training either for the physical
benefit of the exercise, for the sport of the competition, or for the
honor of places on the class or school teams. These athletic com-
petitions are, in my opinion, dangerous for young people of the
high school age unless they are physically fit for them and are
properly trained and prepared. Mr. Burtt and Mr. Woodward are
spending all the time at their disposal in looking after the pupils
who are taking part in athletics, but they do not feel that they
have the expert knowledge to determine whether the players are
in such condition physically that they may safely enter the com-
petitive games, nor is it fair to ask them to take such a
responsibility."
In view of these facts Mr. Irish recommends that a physician
who has had experience in college athletics, and is familiar with
modern methods of physical training in the colleges, shall be em-
ployed by the city as medical adviser ; that to him all questions of
physical condition shall be referred, and that his decision shall be
final. In this recommendation I most heartily concur.
In its drill hall in the High School annex the city is lortunate
46 superintendent's report.
in possessing one of the very finest places in New England for
athletic exercises and competitions. A hundred yard track can
easity be had with oval ends, and the height of the hall is sufficient
for basket ball or pole vaulting. That it should have a few shower
baths goes without saying, and I am glad to concur in the further
request of the headmaster that a couple be put in, as can easily be
done at moderate expense.
TRAINING school
The Training School began the year with a teaching force of
a principal and nine elected teachers, and thirteen other teachers
who composed the so-called practice class. Of the latter eleven
remained through the school year, and were given diplomas in
June. This period of successful work in actual teaching is the last
test required by the school committee for a certificate of qualifica-
tion as teachers, and their graduation placed them on a preferred
list of candidates from which all vacancies in the primary and
grammar schools must be filled. This list, however, was already
so large as to make it probable that there would not be work at
once for all who were on it, and it was therefore thought wise to
reduce the size of practice classes for a time. Classes for several
years had averaged fifteen members, but for the class to begin
work in September only nine were received. The method of
selection was by an examination of the same general character as
that employed in 1903. Of the accepted candidates three are
graduates of colleges and six of normal schools.
At the beginning of the year the number of graduates of the
Training School who had not yet been elected to permanent
SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. 47
positions was thirty-eight. Of these ten were elected in March,
but their places were more than filled by the addition of the class
of eleven in June. During the year three candidates have married,
one was elected in September, one is doing advanced work at
Radcliffe College, one has been forced to refrain from teaching on
account of ill health, and eight have been teaching for the whole
or a considerable part of the year in schools outside of Lowell. Of
the remainder a considerable part have had permanent places or
nearly continuous work all the time, but others, especially in the
first part of the year, had many unwelcome resting spells between
short and irregular services as substitutes. At this writing./
however, in the last week in December, every one is employed,
and there have been a few times when no certificate holder was
available to fill vacancies. In such cases others, known as
emergency teachers, are pressed into service until a Training
School graduate is available. All graduates who are teaching
out of town are still candidates for positions in Lowell schools,
and will return to us as soon as permanent work here is assured
or even probable.
The rules of the school committee provide that elections shall
take place but twice a year, in June and December, and not at
these times unless there are vacancies enough to permit the election
of all the candidates who graduated from the Training School at
the same time. There must, therefore, be ten or a dozen vacancies
before there can be an election, vacancies less in number being
filled in the meantime by appointment. This custom accounts for
the fact that Lowell gives employment to many more substitute and
temporary teachers than are needed in most cities. As the year
closes there are four vacancies, one each at Cottage Street, Fayette
Street, Ames Street and Middlesex Village, and five overflow rooms
which could be made permanent if the committee should so choose,
one each at the Moody and Pawtucket schools and three at the
Highland. The class next in order for election has twelve
members who are still candidates for positions.
48 superintendent's report.
The graduating exercises of the school were held in Colonial
Hall, June 27, the principal address being delivered by
Dr. A. E. Winship of Boston, and the diplomas being presented
by Dennis J. Murphy, Esq., representing the committee on
teachers. The names of the graduates will be found in the
appendix, following the names of elected teachers.
EVENING SCHOOLS
Attendance in evening schools for the term of 1903-4 was the
largest in several years, the average for twenty weeks being 2309.
Several new rooms were opened, and several new teachers were
employed. Attendance in October was not quite as great, but an
average of 2338 has been maintained through the new term thus
far, as against 2494 for the corresponding weeks in 1903. Numbers
always decrease at and after the holidays of Christmas and New
Year, and the final total of attendance for the whole term will
probably be about two hundred less than for the previous term.
In general policy no special change has been made, but the schools
are all believed to be doing good work.
At the request of Commissioner Gay the evening schools were
represented in the educational exhibit of the state at the St. Louis
fair last summer, and the collection of material brought to light
some proofs of work which was even better than had been expected.
For the exhibit no material was accepted which was not wholly the
result of things learned in the evening schools, work of pupils who
had previously attended a day school being rejected although it
was, of course, much finer than that of those who had never had
the privilege of previous schooling. Most of the papers selected,
indeed, were from boys and girls who had been in the country but
SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. 49
a few months, and in an evening school but one term. Many of
them were unable to read and write in their own language, and all
had learned all they knew of English in the evening schools. At
least a dozen nationalities were represented. The work was crude
and faulty, of course, but that such pupils could write intelligible
English at all was certainly greatly to their credit, and to the credit
of the schools in which they had been taught. Considering the
circumstances their papers were surprisingly good, and while all
pupils do not do as well, their presentation was conclusive proof of
the possibilities at least of our evening schools.
Following are the statistics of the last completed term, with
names of the graduates of the high school.
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SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT.
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCE.
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152
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101
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98
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2680
1627
4307
1536
2558
1374
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GRADUATES J904
REGULAR COURSE — Three Years.
Allen, John Joseph
Andrews, George Francis
Burke, Francis Thomas
Chapdelaine, Rudolph
Coan, William Francis
Dawson, Frederick Leroy
Dean, Ernest
Jennings, Thomas Joseph
Kelley, John James
Moss, Louis George
McCarthy, John Joseph
McDermott, Albert Leo
McDermott, Joseph Francis
McElroy, John Thomas
O'Brien, Michael Francis
O'Hara, Thomas Henry
Power, Thomas Edward
Rotheray, Alfred
Sadlier, William Francis
Sullivan, Charles Francis
Winn, Michael Henry
Burns, Mary Aloysius
Callahan, Margaret Teresa
Chalmers, Elizabeth
Clowater, Georgie Bertha
Connerton, Delia Ann Loretta
Cryan, Norah Elizabeth
Cutress, Mary Helen
Dooley, Mary Elizabeth
Greene, Helen Anastatia
Henessey, Margaret Theresa
Lincoln, Helen Madeline
Martin, Mary Ann Elizabeth
Riley, Margaret Mary
Rolfe, Gertrude Mary Angeline
Tarpey, Mary Anna
Tully, Agnes Angela
Whitley, Loretta Veronica
STENOGRAPHY COURSE — Two Years.
Beaumont, Herbert
Donahoe, Thomas Patrick
Edmonds, Robert John
Maguire, Charles Joseph
McNaughton, William John
Riley, Thomas Raymond
Brooks, Jennie
Cotter, Hazel Ruth
Coyne, Mary Frances
Cox, Harriet Agnes
Cullen, Jane Agnes
Curtin, Norah Josephine
Dowd, Mabel Mildred
Glynn, Margaret Mary
Gormley, Josephine Gertrude
Hanlon, Mary Gertrude
Harris, Addie
MacAdam, Mattie Mills
O'Reilly, Katherine Frances
Quinn, Margaret Josephine
Quinn, Mary Beatrice
Robitaille, Bessie Josephine
Roche, Annie Josephine Frances
Sheehan, Katherine Mildred
Trull, Ella
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SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. 53
ENFORCEMENT OF SCHOOL AND
LABOR LAWS
The city employs four truant officers of whom one,
Mr. Sturtevant, acts as supply agent for the school department.
Two others, Messrs. Kelly and Roussin, are furnished with a
horse and carriage, and are expected to visit each school in the
city twice each week. To these schools they take supplies when
any are to be sent, and at each they obtain from teachers the
names of absentees or truants. These are looked for, and as far
as possible returned to school at once. Their regular route takes
them to all schools in the first two days of the week," and the same
visitation is repeated in the last two, Wednesday being devoted to
special cases, or investigations for which there was not time in
other days. The fourth officer, Mr. Thornton, patrols the center
of the city, and looks after newsboys and others unlawfully out of
school. He also looks after special cases in all parts of the city;
takes in charge the incorrigibles who do not prove amenable to
the influences of the other officers, and prosecutes all cases in court.
During the part of the year in which the evening schools are in
session he looks up absentees from them, and does a large part of
the work of examining applicants for exemptions from evening
school on the claim of ability to read and write in English. The
work of giving work certificates to those who have employment
tickets is shared by all, though the most of it is done by Mr. Kelly
and Mr. Roussin. For all there are, too, a thousand and one
details to be attended to each week which it is impossible^ to
catalog, and the whole is done with a regularity and effectiveness
which is worthy of much co'mmendation. No city of which I
know does more, and few do as much.
Mr. Sturtevant orders, receipts for, and disburses all supplies,
examines all bills and prepares them for presentation to the
committee on accounts, keeps all books and accounts, and in
54 SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT.
general acts as the agent of the school committee in a large
part of its business relations. He has installed a new and very
excellent system of bookkeeping by which almost any detail of the
school department business can be seen at a glance, and altogether
does, and does admirably well, the work for which the agent of the
school committee in Cambridge is paid $2400.
The report of the truant commissioners follows my own, and
to it attention is called for detailed statement of work done.
In conclusion I have again to thank the school committee for
continued confidence and support. I desire, too, to bear testimony
to the ability and fidelity of the teachers of the city and of all with
whom I have been associated in the work of the school department;
and for many courtesies and much kindly consideration which has
been shown me by all I desire to return more than formal thanks.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR K. WHITCOMB,
Superintendent of Schools.
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COURSES OF STUDY
Time Table, in Minutes per Week for the Primary
and Grammar Schools
Reading
Arithmetic
Algebra
Grammar
Comp. and Lang
Geography
History
Spelling
Writing
Drawing
Music :...
Nature Study
Physiology
Sewing
♦Manners, Morals....
Physical Culture
JRecesses
fOpening Exercises
Totals
ist
Year
2d
Year
755
590
150
210
75
20
20
60
90
60
60
60
60
60
60
30
30
25
25
25
25
30
80
200
200
25
25
1500
1500
3d
Year
520
240
75
30
30
90
60
60
60
30
25
25
30
200
25
4th
Year
1500
300
250
150
180
40
100
60
60
60
60
60
25
30
100
25
1500
5th
Year
220
280
150
180
60
100
60
60
60
60
30
60
25
30
100
25
1500
6th
Year
200
280
200
180
60
100
60
60
60
30
30
60
25
30
100
25
7*
Year
1500
160
280
130
100
170
140
100
60
60
60
30
30
25
80
100
25
Sth
Year
150
280
150
100
150
150
100
60
60
60
30
30
25
80
100
25
9th
Year
1500
1500
150
180
120
170
100
150
150
90
60
60
60
30
25
80
100
25
1500
* Required by State Law; time fixed at five minutes each day by vote of the
School Committee.
t See Sec. 21, Chap. Ill, of the Rules of the School Committee.
J See Sec. 22, Chap. Ill, of the Rules. If for any reason a recess is shortened or
omitted the time for the same should be given to physical exercises, and the Rules
forbid that the hours for closing- school which have been prescribed by the School
Committee should be changed.
Book-keeping may receive one-half the time assigned to penmanship
in the ninth year.
The above table is intended as an approximate estimate of the
relative importance of the different studies, and teachers are at liberty
to vary the time for each study within such reasonable limits as
circumstances may require.
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FIRST YEAR.
FIRST HALF.
Reading. — Teach at first by the sentence or word method or
by a combination of the two, beginning with script or print letters
on the blackboard. As soon as a few words are learned use phonic
analysis to secure distinct articulation and assist in the recognition
of new words. On the subject of phonetics consult Ward's
" Manual of Instruction," or Gordon's " Comprehensive Method
of Teaching Reading."
Writing. — Short sentences from blackboard copy, or from
copy written by the" teacher. Make sure that no pupil acquires
the filthy habit of putting his pencil in his mouth.
Language. — Children should be led to talk freely about
things with which they are familiar and to reproduce short stories
told them by the teacher. Memory gems, brief maxims, and short
selections of poetry should be learned and recited in this and all
succeeding grades. History and literature in the form of short
stories should have some place from the first, care being taken to
have such stories very simple as well as short.
Arithmetic. — Numbers objectively from one to five inclusive.
Physiology. — Oral essons, teaching the names and uses of
the external parts of the body, and the simplest rules of health.
Teach the effect of the use of alcoholic stimulants and narcotics, as
required by the laws of the state.
Manners and Morals. — As required by the Statutes of
the Commonwealth and printed on page 26 of the Rules of the
School Committee in this and all succeeding grades. Mrs.
Dewey's " How to Teach Manners," or Miss Wiggin's " Lessons
on Manners," may serve as a manual.
58 COURSES OF STUDY.
Nature Study, Music and Drawing. — Throughout the
course as directed by the supervisor of each of these branches.
SECOND HALF.
Reading. — Primers or First Readers of any of the dozen or
more authorized series. Continue phonics with much drill on
phonograms and their blending into words. See that every
sentence is spoken as a whole. In this, as in all grades, the aim is
to secure comprehension of thought, natural expression, distinct
articulation, correct pronunciation and ready utterance.
Writing. — Sentences from the blackboard, chart, and
teacher's copy. The teaching of spelling should be included in
the same exercise. See Ward's Manual, page 29. If all the
letters of the alphabet have not been learned by the pupil by the
end of the year, unconsciously, give a little special instruction to
accomplish this object.
Language. — Conversational lessons and story telling with
reproduction by pupils, as in the first half. History and literature
continued. Whenever possible make stories more interesting by
showing objects and pictures. Begin writing short sentences and
teach the capital at the beginning of the sentence, the capital I and
the period and interrogation mark.
Arithmetic. — Numbers, oral and written, to ten inclusive.
Use objects at first, but discard them as soon as pupils can do
without them. Arabic and Roman notation to ten. Teach and
use the signs +, — , X, -f-, =. Teach objectively the fractions ^,
}{; coins from one cent to 10 cents, pint, quart, inch.
Physiology. — As in the first half. In connection with
names and -uses teach the proper care of the hair, teeth, nails, etc.
Show importance of cleanliness, exercise, proper clothing, good
food, pure air, etc., in this and succeeding grades.
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SECOND YEAR.
FIRST HALF.
Reading. — The first half of second readers with phonetic
drill as before. The ideal in this and all succeeding grades of the
primary course is to have thoughts given as wholes with no
hesitating over or at the separate words. To enable pupils to do
this all new and difficult words should be pronounced and their
meaning explained before oral reading is begun. Then, by
questioning, make sure that the pupil fully understands what he
has seen in print, and allow him to read, orally, only when he is
ready to do so without halt or break.
Writing. — Sentences and words as in the first year, and
from dictation. If any pupils have a habit of putting pencils in
mouths, consider it an important duty to break it up. Use
capitals, the period and the question mark. As before the same
exercise should teach spelling. Oral spelling may also be
practised at the option of the teacher.
Language. — Teach the use of good English by illustration
in readings and story telling, using for this purpose selections
simple enough to be suited to the children and yet such as are in
good literary form, and give much practice in very simple repro-
ductions, both oral and written. The literature best adapted to
this grade is that of fairy tales and folk lore stories, and the history
is that of mythology and legend. Local history should receive
attention, and such stories as those of Columbus, the Pilgrims,
Washington, etc., are appropriate. Suit history to holidays, as
"The First Thanksgiving" to November, etc.
Arithmetic. — Numbers, oral and written, in separations,
combinations and relations, to twenty. Objects may be used if
necessary, but ought not to be greatly needed. Simple operations
in small fractions and in denominate numbers also continued.
60 COURSES OF STUDY.
Physiology. — The senses ; the eye and sight ; the ear and
hearing. Teach only the most general features, any thorough
study of the anatomy of the eye or ear being wholly out of place.
Temperance teaching as before.
second half.
Reading. — Second readers completed. Object and method
as before.
Writing. — On paper, from blackboard copy, from dictation,
and from print as found in the reading book.
Spelling. ; — Selected words, mainly from reading lessons,
copied by pupils, either from the book or from dictation, or spelled
orally, or both. Teach the spelling also of objects like articles of
food or clothing with which children are familiar and in which they
are interested.
Language. — As in the first half. Oral and written exercises.
Continue to give attention to capitals and the most common marks
of punctuation. History and literature as in the first half.
Arithmetic. — Numbers, oral and written, to fifty, with drill
as in the first half: Roman notation to fifty. Coins and dollar
sign; pint, quart, gallon; pint, quart, peck, bushel; inch, foot, yard;
hour, day, week, month, year, dozen. Fractions, ^, }£, ^.
Physiology. — The senses continued ; the nose and smell ;
the tongue and taste ; touch. Show the use and value of all the
senses, and the ill effects of abuse, including under the latter topic
the effects of alcohol an.d tobacco. Be careful not to lessen
influence by overstatements.
COURSES OF STUDY. 6 1
THIRD YEAR.
FIRST HALF.
Reading. — The first half of advanced second readers, and of
easy third readers. The habit of reproducing that which has been
read, usually orally but sometimes in writing, becomes in this and
succeeding grades a matter of the greatest importance, and every
reading lesson should have in connection with it some work of
this kind.
Writing. — On paper with pen or pencil, and in the writing
book with pen. In all written work in language, nature study,
etc., insist on order, neatness, and the very best penmanship of
which the pupil is capable. Allow no pupil to use a pencil who
puts it in his mouth ; such pupils, if any there are, should be
required to do all written work with pen and ink.
Spelling. — Words and sentences copied from books or from
the blackboard, and afterward written from dictation. New words
in the reading lesson spelled orally, and afterward written in
sentences. Give much drill on familiar words which are often
misspelled.
Language. — Oral and written exercises. Review, continue
and extend all work of previous grades. Teach different forms of
sentences ; the use of is, are ; was, were ; did, done ; saw, seen,
etc. ; the correct use in the sentence of some synonyms as big,
large ; like, love, etc. ; and a few homonyms, as fore, four ;
write, right ; no, know, etc. ; the use of capitals with proper
names, some abbreviations, and such punctuation as is needed in
the written work done by pupils.
The work in history and literature may be extended some-
what, both in use and in subjects. A little written reproduction
may be added to the oral, and stories for literary culture may
62 COURSES OF STUDY.
include myths, fables and folk lore, such as are given by Haw-
thorne in his "Wonder Book," or Scudder in his collection of folk
lore tales. In myths, choose those of natural objects, as " Ulysses
and the Bag of Winds," etc. History may include more stories of
noted men and events. The history of Lowell is worthy of much
attention, especially the story of its founding. Note use of Indian
names, as Wamesit, Merrimack, Pawtucket, etc. Use pictures
when possible. History readers or story books will be furnished
as asked for.
Arithmetic. — Numbers, oral and written, Arabic and
Roman notation to one hundred. Emphasize the addition of
numbers in columns, and the multiplication table.
Geography. — Teach points of compass with application to
many objects in and about the school house. At appropriate times
give observation lessons on natural phenomena, as clouds, frost,
snow, etc. Note temperature as warm, hot, or cold, and the
weather as sunny, cloudy or rainy. Keep weather records. For
further suggestions consult Frye's Primary Geography.
Physiology. — The bones, teeth, skin and muscles. Teach
few names, and only the most general features, giving special
attention to the laws of health. Temperance teaching continued.
SECOND HALF.
Reading. — Advanced second readers completed, and sup-
plementary readers. Continue phonics and enunciation exercises.
Writing. — Copy book No. 2 with pen, and paper with pen
or pencil, as before.
Spelling.— As in first half.
Language. — At the end of this year pupils should be able to
write simple statements legibly and in correct form, and should
COURSES OF STUDY. 63
have such knowledge of punctuation marks, capital letters and
common abbreviations as is needed in such writing. They should
have had some practice in the simplest form of letter writing. The
work to be done is indicated in the foregoing statement.
Arithmetic. — Numbers to one hundred. Arabic and
Roman notation to one thousand. Review and extend the work
of all previous grades. To be ready for promotion to a grammar
school, children should be able to add columns of figures to a total
of 100 rapidly and accurately ; to know the multiplication table to
ten times ten so as to be able to give products instantly ; to use all
the common tables of denominate numbers in simple reductions ;
and to add, multiply, subtract and divide small fractions like
y 2i % and }i.
Geography. — Have children read Carroll's Around the
World, First Book, and add such comment and instruction as shall
give to the subject the highest attainable degree of interest
and value.
»
Physiology. — Circulation, respiration and digestion. As
before avoid teaching too much, and make the instruction as
practical as possible by relating each fact learned to some simple
and easily followed law of health.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
FOURTH YEAR.
Reading. — Authorized third readers and supplementary
reading of the same grade. Correlate history and geography with
reading by the use of stories of heroes either real or mythological,
and by books of travel or accounts of strange countries and unique
productions in this and in all higher grades.
64 COURSES OF STUDY.
Spelling. — Words in common use, orally and in writing.
Require definitions or the use of words in sentences to make sure
that meanings are understood. Make every written exercise a les-
son in spelling. Select words for practice from all text books used,
and for supplementary drill use authorized text books as follows:
Worcester, first half to page 29; second half to page 47; Reed,
first half to page 24; second half to page 38; Morse, first half to
page 10; second half to page 30.
Arithmetic. — Numbers to 1000. Daily oral drill in num-
bers to 100, as in the primary schools. Written work, with numbers
usually small enough to be expressed by three figures, in addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division, no multiplier or divisor to
be larger than 9. Use terms sum, product, multiplier, etc., but do
not require definitions. Give problems in dollars and cents, using
the dollar sign and decimal point. Continue the drill of the pri-
mary school in easy reductions of denominate numbers. Teach the
reduction, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of the
fractions j^, %, x /%, y$, j4, illustrating all processes by objects, but
using the written expression from the first. Second half, continue
and extend all work of the first half. Notation and numeration to
1,000,000. Multiplication with multipliers large enough to be ex-
pressed by two or three figures; and long division, no divisor
larger than 25. Decimals to thousandths in addition and subtrac-
tion, and in multtplicands and dividends in multiplication and
division.
Language. — The expression of thought, orally and in writing,
in simple sentences and short stories, with practice in the use of
such capital letters, punctuation marks and abbreviations as are
necessary to correct writing. Second half, continue work of first
half and add the simplest forms of letter writing as outlined in the
authorized text book to page 104. Blackboard work strongly
recommended.
COURSES OF STUDY. 65
Geography.— Land and water forms ; making and reading
maps ; form and size of the earth, equator, poles, etc. Make the
work of the first four months ' ' Home Geography ' ' as far as
possible, always using forms that can be seen as a basis for the
comprehension of those which are beyond vision. Second half,
the surface of the earth in .its great natural divisions ; climate ;
peoples and races. Continue to relate that which is distant to that
which may be directly observed as far as possible.
History. — As many stories should be read by the pupils, or
told or read to them by the teacher, as time will permit, but the
number of facts to be required for reproduction should be very
few, probably not more than could be written on a page of fools-
cap, or told by a class in the time of a single recitation. These
few, however, should be learned with the utmost exactness and
thoroughness ; they should be planned to form the basis of all
future study of the history of the United States from Columbus to
the end of the nineteenth century ; should include a few dates like
1492, 1776, etc., — a half dozen will do very well, but these few
should be so learned as to be recalled as automatically as the child
would recall his own name. In the recitation of facts intended to
be mastered, no mistakes should be tolerated ; nine-tenths of the
teaching, however, should not have the memorizing of facts, names
and dates as any part of its object, but should aim to quicken
interest, broaden vision, stimulate patriotism and develop character
through appreciation of courage, loyalty and virtue as exemplified
in the heroes of history. Use pictures, relics, etc., to increase
interest as far as possible, and remember that whatever else is
accomplished the lesson is a failure which does not leave the class
with a desire for further study.
Nature Study, Drawing, and Music as directed by the super-
visors of these branches in this and succeeding grades. Sewing
under the direction of the special teacher in this and the next
two grades.
66 COURSES OF STUDY.
FIFTH YEAR.
Reading. — Fourth readers and supplementary books.
Spelling. — As in the fourth year, with words for supplemen-
tary drill, first half to page 69 in Worcester ; second half to page
93 ; in Morse, first half to page 44 ; second half to page 64 ;
Reed, first half to page 56 ; second half to page 79.
Arithmetic. — Continue all the work of the previous year.
Whatever else is omitted see that oral drill and rapid written work
with small numbers are given prominent places on -the programme.
In written work give many examples and problems with small
numbers, rather than a few with large numbers. Long division
with divisors of not more than three figures. In addition to con-
stant practice with fractions already learned, teach ^-, T V, -§-, y-g-,
and continue practice in the use of decimals and denominate
numbers. In the use of the authorized text book omit all the
examples involving long and tedious operations with large
numbers. Second .half, continue work of the first half. Teach
fractions to and including twenty-fourths. Teach least common
multiple when needed as a means of finding the least common
denominator of fractions, and factoring and cancellation when
needed for practical use. Extend work of previous years in
denominate numbers to include all simple reductions.
Language. — As in the fourth grade the work is still to get
from the pupil the expression of thought in correct language, both
oral and written. In this work clearness of thought is of primary
importance. The pupil must first have something to say, and then
be taught to say it in terse and correct English. Dictation, repro-
duction, narration work and letter writing are approved methods
of securing the result desired. Second half, to work previously
done add the study of sentences by name, as declarative, interrog-
ative, etc., with their division into subject and predicate, and
begin the study of words and their uses in the sentence to include
COURSES OF STUDY. 67
nouns, verbs and pronouns to page 210 in the authorized text
book. Continue to have pupils do much writing on the
blackboard.
Geography. — North America, its surface, peoples and
countries ; the United States as a whole, surface, climate, people,
products and trade routes, making the work simple, general and
elementary as would be suggested by authorized text books.
Second half, complete continent study along the same lines and in
the same elementary way as before, to page 115 in authorized
text book.
History. — First, review the facts which were taught in the
fourth year so thoroughly and constantly that no one of them shall
escape. Second, add about as many new facts, dates, etc., as were
mastered in the last year, and teach them with the same thorough-
ness and intensity as was then demanded. Cover the whole period
of the history of civilized man in America, selecting the new
matter of this year so as to fill out and supplement the brief outline
of the previous year, and relate our history to that of the world's
whole past as far as such relation is natural and helpful. In
teaching a few indispensable things be satisfied with nothing less
than perfection, and for the rest and by far the most of the time
have pupils read and enjoy the stories which are the life of history,
without attempting to burden them with the recollection of all
they read. Correlate with Geography, make and use maps, draw,
use pictures, make collections, etc.
Physiology. — Book No. 1 of the Union series, as a reader,
with such comment and instruction in this and succeeding grades
as shall comply with the following law of this state: " Physiology
and hygiene, which shall include special instruction as to the effects
of alcoholic drinks, stimulants and narcotics on the human system,
shall be taught as a regular branch of study to all pupils in schools
supported by public money."
68 COURSES OF STUDY.
SIXTH YEAR.
Reading. — Fourth Intermediate and supplementary books.
Spelling. — As before correlate spelling with every subject
taught. Make every written exercise a lesson in spelling, and for
supplementary drill use Worcester first half, to page 1 1 1 ; second
half to page 125 ; Morse, part III to page 73; second half to page
82; Reed, first, to page 92 ; second, to page 106.
Arithmetic. — Continue oral drill and rapid written work
with small numbers. Review and extend work in fractions, but do
not attempt to master the too difficult problems of the text books.
Teach decimals more fully than before, and give many problems
involving the use of United States money and the reduction of
denominate numbers. Second half, continue all work of first half.
Practice in compound numbers should include all common reduc-
tions, but should omit addition, subtraction ( with the exception of
the subtraction of dates ), multiplication and division of compound
numbers as such, longitude and time, metric equivalents, etc.
Language. — Study of words and their uses continued to
include all the Parts of Speech. Second half, classes of nouns as
common and proper, singular and plural, the changes of form
which are necessary to indicate possession, and their uses as
subjects or objects of the verb, the distinction of person in
pronoun, and the use of predicate adjectives. Teach clauses, and
the distinction between simple and complex sentences.
The foregoing is the new work of the year, but it should not
be allowed to prevent the giving of the larger part of the pupil's
time to a continuation of the more important work of the fourth
and fifth years in the correct expression of thought in language
both oral and written, with careful attention to paragraphing,
spelling, punctuation, capital letters, abbreviations, etc., in the
written work. Continue blackboard practice.
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Geography. — The groups of states which compose the
United States in detail, yet in the same general and elementary
way as before. Second half, foreign countries in detail to complete
geographic study so far as its elementary phase is concerned.
History. — Treat the work of the fourth and fifth years in
history exactly as the teacher of the fifth year was instructed to
treat that of the year preceding her own, and make a few additions
in accordance with the plan and in the spirit heretofore suggested.
Physiology. — Book No. 2 of the Union series, as a reading
book, with comment and instruction as before.
SEVENTH YEAR.
Reading. — Intermediate and supplementary readers.
Spelling. — Work of the sixth year continued. For supple-
mentary drill use Worcester, first half to page 135; second half to
page 145; Morse, first half to page 91 j second to page 112; Reed,
first to page 118; second to page 128. r
Arithmetic. — Review constantly the work of all preceding
years, but especially the work in fractions and denominate numbers.
For advance work take up percentage, with applications to profit
and loss, insurance, brokerage, taxes, etc. Second half, to work
of first half add interest, simple and compound, with applications
to promissory notes and discounts at banks.
Grammar. — "Study of the sentence as a means of express-
ing thought, witft such attention to the parts of speech and their
classification and inflection as may be necessary to a clear under-
standing of the construction of the sentence." To page 135 in the
Mother Tongue, Book II. Three lessons each week.
Language. — Letter writing, business forms, social notes,
paragraph and sentence study, descriptions, study of selections,
70 COURSES OF STUDY.
etc., as planned in Miss Arnold's " Outline of a Course of Study-
in Language," seventh and eighth grades, pages 18, 19 and 20.
Two connected periods each week. Some writing on blackboard
each day is recommended.
Geography. — A review and extension of the work of the
fourth grade, with a larger text book and more scientific treatment;
the earth as a whole with its forms of land and water, and the peo-
ple, plants and animals which live upon it. Difficult explanations
of change of seasons, etc.; sections 19, 20. 21 in text book, may
be omitted in this grade and taken up in the ninth at the option of
grammar masters. Second half, mines and quarries; highways of
trade; the United States in general; view of its people, soil and
climate.
History. — Discovery, exploration and conquest of America
to date of first permanent English settlement in greater detail than
before, but with constant use of the outline already learned, using-
the order of the authorized text books. Relate the history of this
country as far as possible to the European, and especially to the
English history which preceded it.« Second half, the settlement of
North America to the beginning of the French and Indian War.
Physiology. — First half, food and digestion; second half, the
blood, blood vessels and circulation. General facts relating to laws
of health are to be emphasized rather than minor details of structure.
Teach effects of the use of alcohol as required by law.
EIGHTH YEAR.
Reading. — Fifth readers and supplementary books.
Spelling.- — Relate spelling to all other subjects taught as in
previous years, and use the authorized text books for additional
drill. Worcester, first half to page 155; second half to page 163;
Morse, first half to page 120; second half to page 128. Reed,
first half to page 140; second half to page 153.
COURSES OF STUDY. 7 1
Arithmetic. — Review the work of all previous years, with
further applications of the principles of percentage and interest to
stocks and bonds, exchange, etc., and add partnership, ratio and
proportion. Of subjects treated in the authorized text book omit
equation of payments, problems in exchange involving interest-
bearing drafts, and the more complicated problems in partnership.
Second half, involution, evolution, to include second and third
roots, and mensuration of plane surfaces to and including circles.
Grammar. — Sentence study continued, with "a detailed study
of the parts of speech, their classification and inflection, and the
details of analysis and construction which are necessarily asso-
ciated with such study. ' ' Three periods weekly. Text book to
page 267.
Language. — Continuation and extension of the work of
Grade VII. For details consult Miss Arnold's outline as before.
Geography. — Study of the United States as a whole com-
pleted, and study of separate states in groups taken up far enough
to include all the eastern, southern and central states. Second
half, study of the separate states and detatched possessions of the
United States completed, and a similar study made of the other
countries of North America, South America and Europe.
History. — The conquest of Canada and the development of
the English colonies in America into the United States to the time
of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Second half, the establishment,
growth and history of the Union under the Constitution to the
administration of Andrew Jackson, 1829.
Physiology. — The study of the human body as outlined in
the authorized text book, Union series, Book 3, to include the re-
spiratory system, the bones, joints and muscles. Second half, study
of the subject as outlined in the text book completed.
72 COURSES OF STUDY.
Nature Study. — Birds, from observation, for recognition,
knowledge of the time of arrival and departure of those which are
migratory, habits, food, nesting, etc. All pupils ought at the end
of the year to know from personal observation a dozen kinds, and
some, with proper encouragement and assistance, will know from
seventy to eighty.
NINTH YEAR.
Reading. — Fifth readers, Masterpieces of American Litera-
ture and other supplementary books. Read and study as litera-
ture 4 Irving' s Rip Van Winkle and Longfellow's Evangeline, in
the first half, and Whittier's Snow Bound, Hawthorne's Great
Stone face, and Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal in the second.
Spelling. — As in previous years, with supplementary drill
on words found in the last part of Worcester's Speller in the first
half, and in the whole book in the last half. Morse, first half to
page 128; second, complete and review; Reed, finish and review.
Arithmetic. — First half a review of fundamental processes
with numbers both integral and fractional, factoring, the finding of
divisors and multiples, percentage, and so much of geometry as is
found in the Werner Arithmetic, Book III, to page 150; second
half, percentage continued with applications to discounts, interest,
stocks, etc., ratio and proportion, powers and roots, denominate
numbers, etc., with general review of the whole subject of arith-
metic and so much of geometry as is given in the authorized text
book to page 256. Metrics at the option of the teacher.
Algebra. — Work in algebra may follow the order of the
authorized text book on algebra, or of the arithmetic. In the latter
case algebraic fractions may be omitted in the first half of the year,
at the option of the teacher, and only so much work is required in
the whole year as will be equivalent to the, completion of the sub-
ject to page 71 in Wentworth's " First Steps in Algebra." The
COURSES OF STUDY. 73
algebra may be taken with the arithmetic or alternated with it, but
should not receive more than two-fifths of the time allotted to
mathematics in the ninth year.
Grammar. — Sentence analysis with more difficult construc-
tions, and such study of more difficult relations of words in
sentences and of phrases and clauses, as shall be necessary to the
comprehension arid use of the English language.
Language. — As planned in Miss Arnold's outline, pages 20,
21 and 22.
Geography. — Asia, Africa and Australia. Omit geographic
study in the last half of the year.
History. — First half, complete the history of the United
States to date. Second half, review the whole subject.
Bookkeeping. — One-half the time allotted to penmanship
may be devoted to bookkeeping.
Nature Study. — Trees from observation. Pupils ought to
be able at the end of the year to locate and describe forty varieties
which they have seen in or near the city.
74
COURSES OF STUDY
HIGH SCHOOL
Classical
College
Scientific
Modern Language
U
08
1>
♦Latin I.
*Latin I.
Lat. I or Man. Tr. I.
♦French I.
>
♦Algebra
♦Algebra.
* Algebra.
♦Algebra.
— •
♦English I.
♦English I.
♦English I.
♦English I.
il
♦Phys. Geog. kf.
♦Physics ///.
♦Phys. Geog. ///.
♦Phys. Geog. kf.
u
a
Latin II or French I.
♦Latin II.
Lat. II or Man.
♦French II.
Geometry.
♦Geometry.
Train. II.
Geometry
a
Physics,
Gr. I or Fr. I.
♦Geometry.
♦Physics
u
*Hist. and Eng. II.
*Hist. and Eng. II.
♦French I.
♦Hist, and Eng. II
(A
♦Hist, and Eng. II.
Latin III or Fr. II
•
♦Latin III.
♦Coll. French
♦French III.
b.
or I.
♦English III kf.
♦English III kf.
*Hist. and Eng. III.
u
♦Hist, and Eng. III.
♦French I.
♦Coll. Math.
Physiology kf.
>
u
Physiology ///.
♦Coll. Math.
*Hist. IV kf.
fAstron. and Geol.
f Astron. and Geol.
Gr. II or Fr. II.
♦Coll. Physics or Ger-
German I.
Chemistry I.
German I.
man I.
Chemistry I.
German I.
♦Gk. and R. Hist.
Rev. Alg. and Geom.
Rev. Alg. and Geom.
Latin IV. or Fr. II
♦Latin IV.
French III.
German I or II.
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or III.
'English IV.
Ger. I or Coll. Phys.
*English IV.
♦English IV.
*Coll. French II.
♦English IV.
History IV.
JZ
History IV.
Gr. III. or Fr. III.
♦Geom. and Trig.
Chemistry I or II.
3
Botany kf.
German I or II.
Chemistry I.
Botany kf.
O
U.
German I or II.
Chemistry II.
Geom. and Trig.
Coll. Physics.
♦Prescribed.
fAstronomy and Geology may be taken the fourth year instead of the third year.
COURSES OF STUDY.
75
Manual Training
Commercial
Textile School
Five Years College
All Studies Prescribed
*Man. Train. I.
♦Algebra.
♦English I.
*Phys. Geog. hf.
♦Bookkeeping I.
*Alg. and Ment.Arith.
♦English I.
♦Com. Geog. hf.
Latin I or French I
or Man. Train. I.
♦Algebra.
♦English I.
*Phys. Geog. hf.
First Year
Latin I.
Algebra.
English I.
Physics hf.
*Man. Train. II.
Geometry.
Physics.
French I.
*Hist. and Eng. II.
♦Bookkeeping II.
♦Com. Law and Arith.
French I.
Geometry.
Physics.
♦Hist, and Eng. II.
(Select 4)
Latin II or French II
or Man. Train. II.
♦Geometry.
♦Physics.
♦Hist, and Eng. II.
Second Year.
Latin II.
Greek.
Hist, and Eng. II.
Geometry.
Third Year.
*Man. Train. III.
♦Hist, and Eng. III.
Physiology hf.
French II or I.
♦Bookkeeping III.
♦Stenog. and Type-
writing I.
♦Hist, and Eng. III.
Physiology hf.
French II or I.
German I.
Chemistry I.
♦Chemistry I.
♦Coll. Math.
French III or I, or
German I.
♦English III hf.
Latin III.
Greek II.
English III ///.
French I.
f Astron. or Geol.
German I.
Chemistry I.
Fourth Year.
Review Latin III.
Review Greek II.
English IV.
Gr. and R. Hist.
Coll. Math.
*Man. Train. IV.
French II or III.
♦Stenography II.
♦Typewriting II hf.
French II or III.
♦English IV.
History IV.
German I or II.
Chemistry II.
^English IV.
*Coll. Physics.
Fr. II or German I
or II.
Chemistry II.
History IV.
♦Geom. and Trig.
German I or II.
*English IV.
Geom. and Trig.
Chem. il or Chem. I.
History IV.
Fifth Year.
Latin IV.
Greek III.
Coll. Physics.
Coll. French II.
♦Prescribed.
{Astronomy and Geology may be taken the fourth year instead of the third year.
76 COURSES OF STUDY.
NOTES ON HIGH SCHOOL COURSES
OF STUDY
i
Pupils who intend to enter the High School are requested to
consider the preceding courses of study with great care, as changes
from one course to another during the year are impracticable, and
a change after the first year may cause the pupil to lose time. The
teachers of the school will gladly give parents and pupils any
assistance and advice possible in their selection of studies.
In each course, certain studies are prescribed, but the pupils
may make up the remainder of the required studies from a wide
range of elective subjects. The prescribed studies in each course
are starred. Satisfactory completion of three years' work in any
course will entitle the pupil to a three years' diploma. Satisfactory
completion of four years' work in any course will entitle the
pupil to a four years' diploma. Those who satisfactory complete
the five years' College course will be entitled to a five years'
diploma.
The Classical Course is intended for students who do not
intend to enter College, but who desire the best general education
that the High School furnishes.
The College Preparatory Course will fit students for any
American College and may be completed in four or five years.
It is necessarily difficult. The student is advised to take five years
in preparation for Radcliffe or Harvard College.
The High School has been approved by the New England
College Entrance Certificate Board and the school certificate of
preparation is accepted by all the institutions represented on this
Board which includes Amherst College, Boston University,
COURSES OF STUDY. 77
Bovvdoin College, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Mount
Holyoke College, Smith College, Tufts College, University of
Maine, Wellesley College, and Wesleyan University. Under the
certificate method of admission to college the school is held
responsible for the grade of work done by its students in College.
Experience has shown that unless students are able to attain easily
grade B (80-90%) in their High School work, they will be unable
to do the quality of work demanded by the above named colleges.
Consequently, the school certificate must be refused those pupils
who are unable to obtain a scholarship standing of more than 80%.
Students who fail to obtain the school certificate, may, however,
take the admission examinations. The following, taken from
correspondence with one of the colleges, is quoted to show the
general attitude of the colleges in regard to the use of the certificate
method of admission.
"Some of our best schools are protecting their own certificates
by demanding a higher standard of excellence for certification to
college than for graduation, and requiring all doubtful men to
submit to the test of a college entrance examination; we recom-
mend this policy for all schools. It must always be borne in mind
that the certificate system is not designed as a means for making it
easier for a poor scholar to enter college, but simply for placing
the decision of fitness upon the men who best know his attain-
ments ; the protection of the integrity of the certificate is of equal
importance to school and college. The College is keeping a
permanent record of the results obtained from each school, as
determined by the work of their men during the first semester of
Freshman year."
The Scientific Course will prepare students for the Institute
of Technology, the Worcester Polytechnic, the Chandler Scientific
and other technical schools.
The Modern Language Course is similar to the Classical
Course, but requires a modern foreign language instead of Latin.
78 COURSES OF STUDY.
In educational value it is practically equivalent to the Classical
Course.
The Manual Training Course offers a combination of the
ordinary High School studies with practical work in the use of
tools and machines, together with a complete course in mechanical
drawing and technical drafting, and allows the student to specialize
somewhat in mechanical work. It also furnishes an excellent
general training.
Note. — Candidates for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and Worcester Polytechnic School should not take this course for more than
two years, as manual training counts only as an elective in the admission
requirements.
The Commercial Course is designed for those who expect to
engage in business pursuits upon leaving the High School, and has
been arranged so that the pupil will receive the same amount of
mental training and therefore will acquire as much mental power as
in any other course. It is not less educational than other courses
and must not be selected with the conviction that it is "easy."
Subjects marked hf have a value equivalent to only one-half of
those without such mark, and such subjects will come on alternate
days.
There will be no formal examinations in the middle and at the
close of the year, but the standing of the pupil will be made up
from his daily recitations and frequent tests. This standing is in-
dicated by letters on the monthly reports, which are sent home for
parents' inspection. A shall indicate a mark from 90 to 100
per cent; B, a mark from 80 to 90 per cent; C, a mark from 65 to
80 per cent; Z>, between 50 and 65 per cent; and E, any mark
below 50 per cent.
A standing of C for the year must be attained in order to pass
a given subject. A standing of B is required for permission to
take the college preliminary examinations. A final mark of D or
E means failure. If the failure is in a required subject, the subject
must be repeated; if in an elective, an equivalent subject may be
COURSES OF STUDY. 79
substituted. Pupils who have completed nine, five or two full sub-
jects will be classed respectively as fourth year, third year or second
year students. Those who have completed a less number for each
year will be classed respectively as third year, second year and first
year students.
In preparation for the Normal School, select either the Classi-
cal Course or the Modern Language Course, preferably the former.
The candidate should select four studies for the second year and
should be prepared in Mathematics and Science for the preliminary
examinations in June of the third year. For Medical Schools and
some of the smaller colleges, select the Classical Course. For
other colleges select the College Course. In this course French
and German may be substituted for Greek in preparation for some
colleges. For the Lawrence Scientific School, select the College
Course, or the College Course with Manual Training in place of
Physics.
By an examination of the courses of study, it will be seen that
for a diploma a minimum number of subjects in each year of each
course is required. But in preparing for the higher institutions of
learning more than the minimum number of subjects, depending on
the requirements of the college, will need to be taken. At the be-
ginning of his second year, the pupil, therefore, should decide upon
the college or school for which he wishes to prepare, and should
select his subjects to fit the requirements. He should make him-
self familiar with the requirements and also obtain the advice of his
teachers in selecting his subjects. Candidates for Smith, Wellesley
and Mt. Holyoke should send applications for admission as early
as their third year.
Classes will not be formed in electives for less than twenty
pupils in the first or second year, fifteen in the third year, and twelve
in the fourth year.
Unprepared work in Music, Calisthenics, Elocution, Ethics,
and Military Drill, is required.
80 COURSES OF STUDY.
Calisthenics and Military Drill are optional the fourth year.
Elocution is prescribed throughout the course for all pupils except
those who are pursuing four full studies. In this connection Book-
keeping is considered a half study.
Three years' work in Calisthenics and Elocution, or Military
Drill and Elocution, provided the attendance at these exercises is
90 per cent of the possible attendance, will be considered as equiv-
alent to a half subject for a diploma. Four years' work will be
considered equivalent to a full subject.
Since Bookkeeping requires no preparation outside the class-
room, when taken as a part of any other course than the Commer-
cial Course, it will be counted only as a half subject for a diploma.
MINIMUM NUMBER OF SUBJECTS REQUIRED
FOR A DIPLOMA.
First Yean — Three and one-half subjects in all courses.
Second Year. — Three subjects in all courses except the Com-
mercial Course, in which four must be taken.
Third Year* — Three and one-half subjects in all courses.
Fourth Year* — Three and one-half subjects in all courses.
ROLL OF TEACHERS
Giving Name, Grade, Residence, Dale of Election and Salary.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Kirk and Anne Streets.
Cyrus W. Irish, Headmaster 308 Nesmith street - - 1885 $3000
Frank B. Sherburne, Sub Master, 58 Dover street, Greek
and Latin ......... 1883 2200
Mary A. Webster, First Assistant, 45 Varney street,
English and Mathematics - - - - - -1859 1000
Charlotte E. Draper, 47 Belmont avenue, Ccesar,
Astronomy, Geology and Geometry .... 1870 1000
Alice J. Chase, 262 Fairmount street, History and English 1877 1000
Susie L. D. Watson, 390 East Merrimack street, United
States History and Mathematics - 1885 900
Adelaide Baker, 136 Myrtle street, French - - - 1885 900
Jennie L. Allen, 947 Middlesex street, Physics and
Physiology ......... 1885 900
Emma L. Bradley, 485 Westford street, French - - - 1890 900
Gertrude A. Rodliff, Chelmsford Centre, Mass., History
and English - - - - - - - ... 1890 900
Marietta Cassidy, 4 Fifth Avenue, Latin and Algebra - 1890 900
Georgiana F. Vinton, 52 Fourth Street, History, English
and Algebra - .... 1872 1000
Grace M. Goodhue, 120 School street, Ancient History
and Latin ......... 1893 900
Bessie E. Huntoon, 64 Warwick street, French and
Physiology ......... 1894 900
Grace Ward, 279 Chelmsford street, Physics and Physical
Geography 1895 800
Mary E. O'Connor, 60 Varnum street, History and English 1896 800
82 ROLL OF TEACHERS.
Carl D. Burtt, 93 Fort Hill avenue, Greek and German - 1895 I 8oo
Frederick R. Woodward, 168 Sixth street, Mathematics - 1895 1800
Helen M. Lambert, 283 Pawtucket street, Chemistry - 1897 800
Thos. F. Fisher, 305 East Merrimack street, Manual
Training ......... 1898 1500
Anne M. Day, 278 East Merrimack street, History and
English ---------- 1 899 800
Helen BUTTRICK, 307 Wilder street, Botany and English - 1899 800
Edward S. Colton, Jr., Swan Bldg., Commercial Law and
Bookkeeping - - - - - - - - N - 1900 1500
Mary G. Stevens, East Merrimack street, Tewksbury,
English and History ------- 1900 800
Mary H. Killpartrick, 609 Stevens street, English and
Commercial Geography ------- 1901 800
Nathaniel H. Atkins, 88 Warwick street, Commercial
Law and Bookkeeping -,----,- 1901 1200
Adelaide E. Sweetsir, 276 Westford street, English and
Algebra -----..--- 1902 800
Margaret V. Spear, 576 Westford street, French and
English ---------- 1902 800
Elsie Ryder, 90 Chestnut street, Arithmetic and Commer-
cial Law ......... 1902 800
Ernest M, Hunt, 90 Chestnut street, Shorthand and
Typewriting - - - - - - - - -1902 1200
Ethel W. Whitcomb, 2 Belmont street, Shorthand and
Typetvriting ......... 1903 700
Mirion H. Milner, 102 Chestnut street, Physical Culture
and Elocution ........ 1902 800
Edwin M. Roberts, 74 Stevens street, Manual Training - 1904 800
Ethel M. Everett, temp., 12 Belmont street
Elizabeth H. Murphy, temp., 159 Third avenue
Alice Richardson, temp., 213 Branch street. -
Harold R. Wade, temp., 278 East Merrimack street -
Colby T. KiTTREDGE, 14 Ralph street, Military Instructor - 1901 500
Katharine H. Coggeshall, 108 Appleton street, ^Secretary 1899 500
ROLL OF TEACHERS.
83
BARTLETT GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Wannalancit Street.
Cyrus A. Durgin, Master, 117 Bowers street
Belle A. Prescott, 9th year, 68 Mt. Washington street
Charlotte M. Murkland, 8th year, 117 Bowers street
Blanche A. Cheney, 8th year, 34 Arlington street
Amy L. Tucke, 7th year, Hi Butterfield street -
Frances Clark, 7th year, Chelmsford Centre
Belle F. Batchelder, 6th year, 66 Arlington street -
Carrie E. Erskine, 6th year, 138 Mt. Vernon street -
M. Ida Howe, 5th year, 84 Methuen street
Maria W. Roberts, 5th year, 414 Andover street
Alice D. Sunbury, 4th year, 142 Wilder street -
Mary E. Walsh, 4th year, 9 Corner street -
Mary G. Quinn, temp., 6th year, 28 Chapel street
- 1891
#2000
- 1878
600
. 1898
600
- 1896
600
- 1880
600
- 1899
600
- 1883
600
1893
600
- 1873
600
- 1875
600
- 1899
600
- 1897
600
BARTLETT PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Bridget K. Smith, 3d year, 117 Stackpole street
Sarah E. Ames, 2d year, 119 Hall street
Alice G. Barrett, 1st year, 93 Mt. Vernon street
Essie E. Roche, 1st year, 1835 Middlesex street -
1904
$ 450
1902
600
1901
600
1903
600
MORRILL SCHOOL.
Common and Adams Street.
Nellie M. Brown, Principal, 3d year, 426 Fletcher street
Annie M. Courtney, 2d year, 196 Pawtucket street -
Agnes T, Courtney, 1st year, 11 Marsh street
1865
$ 650
1887
600
1891
600
CROSS STREET SCHOOL.
Cross Street between Fletcher and Mt. Vernon Streets.
Sarah E. Scales, Principal, 3d year, 28 Ralph street - - 1866 $ 650
Ellen M. White, 2d year, 1057 Middlesex street - - 1863 600
A. Gertrude Stiles, 1st and 2d years, 72 Varney street - 1895 600
Katherine Kelly, 1st year, 98 School street - - - 1893 600
8 4
ROLL OF TEACHERS.
BUTLER GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Gorham Street.
Cornelius F. Callahan, Master, 410 Walker street -
Nellie F. Murphy, 9th year, 85 Sherman street
Helen E. Gookin, 9th year, Wamesit
Mary I. Donlan 8th year, 455 High street
Mary E. Lane, 8th year, Billerica ....
Delia T. Brady, 7th year, 183 Chapel street
Kate E. Kelley, 7th year, 129 Moore street
Agnes M. Foley, 6th year, 37 Newhall street
Sadie E. Tully, 6th year, 105 Westford street
Annie J. Devine, 6th year, no Carlisle street
Mary L. Crowley, 5th year, 52 Mt. Washington street
Alice C. O'Brien, 5th year, 22 William street
Mary L. McSorley, 5th year 34 Nesmith street -
Etta G. Burns, 5th year, 154 Perry street -
Marguerite J. Cronin, 5th year, 228 Plain street
Katherine M. Usher, 4th year, 465 Parker street
Josie V. Hoar, 4th year, 87 Mt. Washington street
Marguerite G. Hyde, 4th year, 5 Floyd street -
Katherine M. Jantzen, 4th year, 3 Olive street
1885
$2000
1878
600
1897
600
1890
600
1894
6qo
1883
600
1883
600
1887
600
1897
600
1 901
600
1902
600
1897
600
1879
600
1901
600
1900
600
1895
600
1901
600
1902
600
1902
600
LYON STREET SCHOOL.
Corner Lyon and Central streets.
Alice T. Lee, Principal, 3d year, 12 South Walker street
Annabel Costello, 2d year, 293 Nesmith street -
Mary J. McCarry, 1st year, 536 Fletcher street
Nellie A. Hunt, 1st year, 68 Elm street
Elizabeth B. Dame, 1st year, 178 First street
1878
$ 650
1888
600
1881
600
1884
600
1902
600
CARTER STREET SCHOOL.
Carter Street
Isabella T. Vinall, Principal, 3d year, 1 Glidden avenue
Margaret J. Connors, 2d year, 48 Walnut street
1873
1894
650
600
ROLL OF TEACHERS. 85
1897
600
1897
600
1901
600
1889
$ 650
1895
600
1904
500
Catherine F. Brady, 2d year, 173 Chapel Street
Mary V. Johnson, istyear, 23 Lombard street -
Delia C. Maloney, 1st year, 70 Elm street
AGAWAM STREET SCHOOL.
Agawam and Barrington Streets.
Mary A. Fay, Principal, 3d year, 115 Stackpole street
Susan G. Neilon, 2d year, 135 Andrews street -
Eva Magoon, 1st year, 70 Church street
LONDON STREET SCHOOL.
Corner of London and West Streets.
Elizabeth R. Maguire, Principal, 3d year, 60 Fort Hill ave. 1884 $ 650
Alice A. Masterson, 1st and 2d years, 57 Christian street - 1892 600
Mary F. Hill, 1st and 2d years, 94 Midland street - - 1887 600
Mary E. Crowley, 1st year, temp., 436 Lincoln street
WEED STREET SCHOOL.
Corner of Weed and Gorham Streets.
Mary B. McGovern, Principal, 3d year, 204 Moore street - 1886 $ 650
Lilla M. McEvoy, 2d year, 181 Moore street - - - 1893 600
Mary F. Devine, 1st year, 1527 Gorham street, East
Chelmsford .-----.-. 1902 600
EDSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Highland Street
Calvin W. Burbank, Master, 130 Bowers street - - 1872 $2000
Frances M. Webster, 9th year, 45 Varney street - - 1873 600
Rosalie T. Burns, 8th year, Rogers Street, Corner
Butman road --------- 1878 600
Annie E. Donovan, 7th and 8th years, 27 Madison street - 1895 600
Bertha M. Rowlandson, 6th and 7th years, 11 Holyrood
avenue ---------- 1891 600
Kate J. Hayes, 6th year, 15 Floyd street - 1879 600
Margie F. Marren, 5th and 6th years, 420 Fletcher street - 1886 600
86
ROLL OF TEACHERS.
Sarah J. Crosby, 5th year, 12 Simpson place
Bertha McCue, 5th year, 217 Appleton street
Mary A. Balch, 4th year, 257 Appleton street -
Julia B. Riordan, 4th year, 58 Second avenue -
Julia A. Kenney, 4th year, 99 Washington street
1868
600
1900
600
1865
600
1897
600
1 90 1
600
CHARLES STREET SCHOOL.
Charles Street, between Gorham and Chapel streets.
Alice T. Owens, Principal, 3d year, 4 Belmont street - - 1878 $ 650
Ella E, Gardner, 2d year, 225 Branch street - - - 1871 600
Ellen A. O'Connell, 2d year, 48 Mead street - - - 1896 600
Margaret A. Harrahan, 1st year, 32 Marshall street - 1882 600
COTTAGE STREET SCHOOL.
Corner Cottage and Chapel Streets.
Rose E. MacVey, Principal, 2d and 3d years, 46 Linden
street -.-- 1887
Annie L. Murphy, 1st and 2d years, 870 Gorham street - 1901
E. Laura Moore, temp., 1st and 2d years, 48 Hastings street
650
600
ELIOT SCHOOL.
Corner Favor and Summer Streets.
Ellen A. Stillings, Principal, 1st and 2d years, 24 Bellevue
street - - - - - - - - -»-
Ellen A. Corbett, 3d year, 32 Highland street -
Nellie T. O'Grady, 2d year, 73 Newhall street -
Loyola McCann, 1st year, 17 Wentworth avenue
1875
$ 650
1878
600
1 881
600
1893
600
GREEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Merrimack Street.
Albert L. Bacheller, Master, 25 Nesmith street
Ruth B. Bailey, 9th year, 56 Sixth street -
Clara A. Hanaford, 8th year, 142 Wilder street
Sadie F. McCort, 8th year, 13 Ralph street
Lizzie A. Nolan, 7th year, 301 Pawtucket street
Esther G. Donlan, 7th year, 455 High street
1874
$2000
1871
600
1869
600
1901
600
1876
600
1897
600
ROLL OF TEACHERS. 87
Jennie E. Fay, 6th year, 1 15 Stackpole street - - - 1891 600
Mary M. Kearney, 6th year, 94 Andrews street - - 1895 600
Lena A. Gookin, 5th year, 20 Walden street - - - 1880 600
Catherine F. McCarthy, 5th year, 647 Market street - 1889 600
Ella J. Carleton, 4th year, 1072 Bridge street - - - 1882 600
Annie T. Delay, 4th year, 87 Mt. Washington street - - 1900 600
Loretta L. Ward, temp., 6th year, 220 Fletcher street
KIRK STREET SCHOOL.
Corner Kirk and Lee Streets.
Eliza A. Davis, Principal, 2d and 3d years, 100 Canton street 1881 $ 625
Laura H. Palmer, 1st and 2d years, 35 Thirteenth street . 1882 600
CABOT STREET SCHOOL.
Corner Cabot and Ford Streets.
Katherine T. Lennon, Principal, 3d year, 144 School street 1885 $ 650
Mary T. Whelley, 2d year, 1 Fenwick street - - 1897 600
Mary J. Murphy, 1st year, 112 Jefferson street - - - 1887 600
CHEEVER STREET SCHOOL.
Cheever Street.
Ida J. Clarke, Principal, 2d and 3d year, 26 Ash street - 1887 $ 650
Anna A. Sargent, 1st year, 223 Liberty street - - - 1864 600
WORTHEN STREET SCHOOL.
Worth en Street, between Market Street and Broadway.
Marv J. Alger, Principal, 1st year, 43 Royal street - - 1868 $ 650
Esther V. Green, 2d year, 674 Broadway - 1889 600
Mary R. Marren, 3d year, 420 Fletcher street - - - 1890 600
Elizabeth A. Page, 1st year, 647 Market street - - - 1901 600
HIGHLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
(Telephone 1094-2)
Pine Street.
Charles W. Morey, Master, 14 Belmont street - - 1880 $2000
Flora I. Moffitt, 9th year, 76 Canton street - - 1887 600
1891
600
1869
600
1 885
600
1895
600
1894
600
1870
600
1890
600
1874
600
1900
600
1897
600
1901
600
1904
500
88 ROLL OF TEACHERS.
Mary F. Foss, 9th year, 62 Burtt street
Abbie F. Woodward, 8th year, 157 Dartmouth street -
Estelle L. Whitney, 8th year, 13 Oakland street
Leonora K. Battles, 7th year, 11 Edson street -
Anna A. Burnham, 7th year, 247 Liberty street -
Luella A. Wardwell, 6th year, 13 Oakland street
Minnie C. Gray, 6th year, 106 Liberty street
Fannie M. Clark, 5th year, 13 Oakland street
Lulu Turner, 5th year, 11 Edson street
Grace R. Sanders, 4th year, 67 South Loring street
Mabel E. Brown, 4th year, 172 Branch street
Jennie E. Rogers, 4th year, 214 Gibson street
Helen A. Dow, 5th year, temp., 149 B street
Alice H. Bacheller, temp., 6th year, 25 Nesmith street
Edith V. Cockerille, temp., 7th year, 210 School street
HIGHLAND ANNEX.
At Franklin School.
Arvilla L. Reader, 4th year, 216 Appleton street - - 187 1 $ 600
Grace F. Ward, 5th year, 6 Appleton place - - - 1893 600
FRANKLIN SCHOOL.
Corner Branch and Middlesex Streets.
Sarah C. Fiske, Principal, 3d year, 246 Appleton stieet - 1866 $ 650
Lizzie S.- Lowe, 2d year, 13 Nichols street - 1857 600
Marion J. Stevenson, 1st and 2d years, 63 Princeton street 1878 600
Kate G. Jones, 1st year, 119 Andover street - - - 1880 600
PINE STREET SCHOOL.
Corner Pine and Gibson Streets.
Carrie J. Bailey, Principal, 3d year, 16 Loring street
Grace I. Washburn, 2d year, 15 Loring street -
Helen D. Swain, 1st year, 180 Pawtucket street
1884
$ 625
1897
600
1904
500
ROLL OF TEACHERS. 89
DOVER STREET SCHOOL.
Dover Street, between Middlesex and Grove Streets.
Clara B. Horne, Principal, 3d year, 87 South Highland street 1877 $ 650
Clementine H. Bowers, 2d year, 18 Loring street - - 1876 600
Bertha Gardner, 1st year, 32 Robbins street - - - 1887 600
MIDDLESEX VILLAGE SCHOOL.
Middlesex Street, corner Cornell Street.
Harriet F. Wakefield, Principal, 5th and 6th years
2 Loring street 1889 $ 650
Katherine G. Egan, 3d and 4th years, 17 Princeton street 1904 500
Gertrude E. Dane, temp., 1st and 2d years, 2 Wellington sq.
POWELL STREET SCHOOL.
Powell Street, near Liberty Street.
Viola A. HAMBLETT, Principal, 1st and 2d years, 463 School
street - - . - - - - - - - - 1876 $ 625
Ellen J. Piper, 2d and 3d years, 55 Norcross street - - 1894 600
ABRAHAM LINCOLN GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Chelmsford Street.
James L. Mellen Master, 74 Pentucket avenue -
Margaret M. Sparks, 9th year, 11 Fort Hill avenue -
Grace Scribner, 8th year, 190 Liberty street
Bride T. Sweeney, 7th year, 138 Pleasant street
Irma V. Hodgman, 7th year, 239 Stevens street -
Helen J. O'Hearn, 6th year, 649 Westford street
Alice L. Gookin, 6th year, Wamesit -
Margaret G. McDonald, 5th year, 101 Grand street
Esther M. Downing, 5th year, 674 Broadway
Ellen L. Floyd, 4th year, 124 Stevens street
Ella E. Prescott, 4th year, 71 Bellevue street -
Primaries in Lincoln School Building.
Elsie M. PUFFER, 1st year, 942 Middlesex street -
Sadie M. Deane, 1st year, 82 B street
1893
$2000
1894
600
1893
600
1900
£00
1897
600
1900
600
1902
600
1904
500
1904
500
1887
600
1894
600
1901
600
1902
600
90 ROLL OF TEACHERS.
HOWARD STREET SCHOOL.
Howard Street, between Chelmsford and Hale Streets.
Marion E. Greene, Principal, 3d year, 96 Pine street - 1884 $ 650
Margaret S. Jamieson, 2d year, 112 Shaw street - - 1904 500
GRAND STREET SCHOOL.
'Howard Street Annex.)
Grand Street, between Westford and Middlesex Streets.
Jennie M. Bennett, 1st and 2d years, 24 Bellevue street - 1885 $ 600
Corinna G. Cover, 1st year, 16 Lombard street - - - 1901 600
PLAIN STREET SCHOOL.
Corner Plain and Powell Streets.
Flora H. Sprague, Principal, 3d year, 589 School street - 1882 $ 650
Mary A. Farnham, 2d and 3d years, 90 Gates street - - 1887 600
Lilla M. Stanley, 2d year, 2 Horn street - - - 1897 600
Minnie A. Willson, 1st and 2d years, 28 Cambridge street 1887 600
Lena M. Robinson, 1st year, 68 So. Walker street - - 1898 600
*
MOODY GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Corner High and Rogers Streets.
William S.. Greene, Master, 454 Andover street
Mercena F. Whitehorn, 9th year, 268 E. Merrimack street 1877
Carrie A. Paul, 8th year, 11 Porter street
Ida L. Samuels, 7th year, 56 Fifth avenue
Ella M. Breen, 6th year, 23 Marsh street
Frances E. Hardman, 5th and 6th years, 263 Fairmount
street ----------
Frances E. Garrity, 5th year, 34 Read street
Nellie C. Mahoney, 4th year, 17 North street
Flora A. Owen, 4th year, 11 Porter street
Martina F. McMahon, temp., 33 Mead street.
1883
$2000
1877
600
1891 .
600
1898
600
1893
600
1873
600
1874
600
1898
600
1900
600
ROLL OF TEACHERS. 91
POND STREET SCHOOL.
Corner High and Pond Streets.
Marietta Hill, Principal, 3d year, 278 East Merrimack street 1870 $ 650
Winifred Haggerty, 2d year, 52 Huntington street - 1884 600
Adelaide Crowley, 1st year, 115 Fort Hill avenue - 1894 600
HIGH STREET SCHOOL
High Stree t, between Chestnut and Everett Streets.
Clara A. Emerson, Principal, 2d and 3d years, 216
Appleton street 1869 $ 625
Maude E. Green, 1st year, 238 East Merrimack street - 1900 600
' FAYETTE STREET SCHOOL.
Fayette Street, between Chestnut and Everett Streets.
Georgia A. Harnden, Principal, 2d and 3d years, 149
Pleasant street 1885 $ 625
Mabel C. Walsh, temp., 1st and 2d year, 145 Mammoth road
SYCAMORE STREET SCHOOL.
Sycamore Street-
Florence E. Rowell, Principal, 1st, 2d and 3d years,
356 East Merrimack street 1900 $ 625
PAWTUCKET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Mammoth Road, Pawtucketville.
William P. Barry, Master, 1280 Middlesex street
Ellen M. MacDonald, 9th year, 210 School street
Carrie M. Hart, 8th year, 16 Varney street
Elizabeth A. Hart, 7th year, 16 Varney street -
Charlotte C. Walsh, 6th year, 76 Mt. Vernon street
Julia M. Healey, 5th year, 11 Warwick street -
Goldie M. Gardner, 4th year, 15 Columbus avenue -
Maude E. Moody, temp., 4th and 6th years, 25 Lane street
NEW MOODY STREET SCHOOL.
New Moody Street.
Ellen M. Holden, Principal, 3d year, 21 Eighth avenue - 1876 $ 650
Eugenia L. Hogan, 2d year, 182 Mt. Vernon street - - 1889 600
1887
$2000
1878
600
1887
600
1886
600
1902
600
1870
600
1898
600
9 2
ROLL OF TEACHERS.
Nellie F. Davidson, 2d and 3d years, 20 Lombard street
Alice B. Besse, 2d year, 581 Rogers street -
Maude M. Hardy, 1st year, 31 Fourth avenue -
Anna I. Cassidy, 1st year, 4 Fifth avenue -
LEXINGTON AVENUE.
Lexington Avenue, near Varnum Avenue.
Helen Kohawn, ungraded, 63 Thirteenth street
TRAINING SCHOOL.
Charles and Lawrence Streets.
( Telephone 531-3)
Gertrude Edmund, Principal
Mabel W. Ewings, 3 Astor street ....
Addie B. Merrill, 465 Bridge street ... -
Helen M. Shean, ii Fort Hill avenue ...
Margaret C. Fox, 9th year, 8 Eddy street ...
Grace C. Delaney, 2d year, 791 Broadway -
Mabel H. Ela, 407 Walker street -
Harriet L. Wheeler, 3d year, 47 Belmont avenue
Mary E. 6now, 1st year, 89 School street ...
Addie E, Edwards, 550 Westford street ...
Mary Cassidy, 44 B street -
Ellen F. Cull, 46 Tyler street -----
Margaret L. Hagerty, 46 Tyler street
Annie E. Irving, 119 West street ... -
Christine M. Kane, 723 Central street
Edith B. Kelley, 15 Alder street ... -
Mabel A. Metcalf, 93 Vernon street -
Elizabeth Provencher, 376 Hildreth street
Harriet B. Whittaker, Tyngsborough -
CENTRAL STREET SCHOOL.
Central Street, opposite Hudson Street.
Eliza Cowley, Principal, 3d year, 484 Rogers street -
Elizabeth G. Lawler, 2d year, 260 High street -
1891
600
1891
600
1901
600
1902
600
1877
1857
1897
$ 625
1895
$2000
1891
900
1892
900
1891
900
1900
600
1900
600
1900
600
1900
600
1 901
600
1900
600
$ 650
600
ROLL OF TEACHERS. 93
Anna T. Coburn, ist and 2d years, 27 Methuen St. - - 1904 500
Helen A. Drury, ist year, 44 Walnut street ... 1897 600
AMES STREET SCHOOL.
Corner Lawrence and Ames Street.
Amanda M. Hadley, Principal, 3d year, 89 Washington
street 1870 $ 650
Kate F. Murphy, 2d year, 870 Gorham street - 1885 600
Mary E. Drew, ist and 2d years, 36 Wamesit street - - 1868 600
Edith Farrington, temp., ist year, 182 Perry sjreet -
VARNUM GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Myrtle Street, Centralville.
Telephone 75-2.
Henry H. Harris, Master, 151 Eleventh street -
Elizabeth C. Kennedy, 9th year, 42 Eighteenth street
Mary F. Wing, 9th year, 95 Myrtle street -
Agnes Bailey, 8th year, 53 Third street
Daisy B. MacBrayne, 8th year, 24 Beech street -
Grace W. Balch, 7th year, 434 Westford street -
Elizabeth T. Moore, 7th year, 21 Burlington avenue
Elizabeth M. Butler, 6th year, 142 Third street
Mary A. Fay, 6th year, 303 Tenth street ...
Agnes T. Fay, 6th year, 303 Tenth street ...
Elizabeth F. Garra, 5th year, 109 Bartlett street
Alice R. Keese, 5th year, 22 Chester street
Ada E. Hoole, 5th year, 173 Warren street -
Rose A. Dowd, 5th year, 237 Tenth street -
Julia Williams, 4th year, 156 Sixth street ...
Margaret F. Howe, 4th year, 208 South street -
Mary E. Thomas, 4th year, 40 West Sixth street -
Annie V. Donoghue, 4th year, 104 Lawrence street -
1893
$2000
1884
600
1879
600
1900
600
1900*
600
1894
600
1901
600
1901
600
1898
600
1891
600
1893
600
1881
600
1894
600
1884
600
1886
600
1900
600
1902
600
1904
500
1879
$ 650
1889
600
1887
600
1869
600
94 ROLL OF TEACHERS.
WEST SIXTH STREET.
West Sixth Street, between Coburn and Jewett Streets, Centralville.
Stella J. Allen, Principal, 3d year, 115 Third street - - 1879 $ 5°
Lizzie F. Lamere, 2d and 3d years, 63 Canton street - - 1887 600
Marion S. Keyes, 1st and 2d years, 102 Third street - - 1888 600
Mary J, Callahan, 1st year, 117 Durant street - - - 1895 DO °
TENTH STREET SCHOOL.
Corner Tenth and Varnum Streets, Centralville.
Mary F. Beane, Principal, 3d year, 212 Tenth street -
Fannie R. Murphy, 2d year, 42 Twelfth street -
Alice A. Holtham, 1st and 2d years, 1107 Bridge street
Ella A. Bailey, 1st year, 128 Sixth street ... -
LAKEVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL.
Lakeview Avenue, Centralville.
Margaret J. McCluskey, Principal, 3d year, 246 Methuen
street ----------
Martha Rogers, 2d year, 131 Cumberland road -
M. Josephine Donehue, 2d year, 891 Bridge street
Gertrude C. Ring, 1st year, 11 Woodward avenue
Mary G. Courtney, 1st year, 75 Chestnut street
Mary E, Meehan, 1st year, 215 Worthen street
BILLINGS STREET SCHOOL.
Malvina Lamere, Principal, 1st year, 6 West Eleventh street 1894 $ 650
Annie M. Robbins, 3d year, 62 Twelfth street - - 1895 600
Etta Foye, 2d year, 201 Market street - - 1901 600
1890
$ 650
1895
600
1900
600
1898
600
1904
500
1891
600
ROLL OF TEACHERS. 95
KINDERGARTENS.
AGAWAM STREET.
Sarah G. Sparks, Principal, 59 Elm street - - 1894 $ 500
Rosemary Lennon, 39 Carter street - - - - 1895 450
BARTLETT SCHOOL.
E. Belle Perham, Principal, 90 Riverside street - 1893 5°°
Edith A. Andrews, 77 Fort Hill avenue - - - 1897 45°
CHARLES STREET.
Mabel D. Nickerson, Principal, 136 Chestnut street - 1893 500
M. Ethel Baker, 290 East Merrimack street - - - 1899 450
CHAPEL STREET.
Marietta G. Gormley, Principal, 22 Lyon street - - 1895 5°°
Katherine C. Earley, 17 Pleasant street - - - 1896 450
DOVER STREET.
Elizabeth A. Wilson. Principal, 15 South Canton street - 1893 5°°
Ella M. Penn, 262 London street - 1901 450
FRANKLIN SCHOOL.
N. Grace Taylor, Principal, 7 Ware street - 1895 500
Hortense M. Lamere, 6 West Eleventh street - - 1899 450
LINCOLN SCHOOL.
Elsie M. Cragin, Principal, 114 South Walker street - 1895 500
Gertrude A. Roberts, 74 Stevens street - - - 1897 450
MOODY SCHOOL.
Mary C. Walker, Principal, 100 Appleton street - - 1893 5°°
Alice F. Seeton, 158 Mammoth road .... 1901 450
1896
500
1 899
450
1895
500
1896
45°
96 ROLL OF TEACHERS.
MORRILL SCHOOL.
Helen W. Noyes, Principal, 49 Nesmith street -
S. Alice Knapp, 336 East Merrimack street
PAWTUCKET.
M. Marietta King, Principal, 205 Stackpole street
S. Hortense Tabor, 82 Riverside street
PLAIN STREET.
Edith A. Howitt, Principal, 52 Myrtle street - - - 1897 500
Agnes E. Coburn, 47 Twelfth street - 1901 450
PINE STREET.
Louie I. Smith, Principal, 94 Princeton street - - - 1895 500
VARNUM SCHOOL.
Nettie M. Conant, Principal, 93 Vernon street -
Clara M. Everett, 945 Middlesex street
SUPERVISOR OF KINDERGARTENS.
Anna W. Devereaux, Tel. 957, 9 Nesmith street
MUSICAL DIRECTOR.
Frederick O. Blunt, Tel. 1 153-2, 409 Westford street
'assistant IN MUSIC.
Josephine C. Coburn, Tel. 947-12, 25 Fifth street - 1903 700
TEACHERS OF DRAWING.
Olive E. Underhill, 117 Branch street - - - 1887 750
Edmund Ketchum, 19 Paige street - ... 1904 750
TEACHER OF SEWING.
Ida J. Flint, 200 Liberty street 1880 800
MILITARY INSTRUCTOR.
Colby T. Kittredge, 14 Ralph street - 1901 500
ABSENT ON LEAVE.
Elizabeth F. Blandin - - Vamum
Alice M. Magoon --------- Varnum
1892
500
1896
45°
1893
500
1898
1250
ROLL OF TEACHERS. 97
TRAINING SCHOOL GRADUATES.
CLASS OF JUNE, 1902.
Mary E. Crowley, 436 Lincoln street.
Gertrude E. Dane, 2 Wellington square.
Helen A. Dow, 149 B street.
Ethel M. Everett, 12 Belmont street.
Edith Farrington, 182 Perry street.
Martina F. McMahon, 33 Mead street.
E. Laura Moore, 48 Hastings street.
Elizabeth Murphy, 159 Third avenue.
Catherine G. O'Sullivan, 105 Mt. Washington street.
Alice Richardson, 213 Branch street.
Mabel C. Walsh, 145 Mammoth road.
Loretta L. Ward, 220 Fletcher street,
CLASS OF JUNE, 1903.'
Alice H. Bacheller, 25 Nesmith street.
Avis J. Coburn, 145 Beacon street.
Mary H. Coburn, 145 Beacon street.
Edith V. Cockerille, 210 School street.
Bessie F. Davidson, 64 Warwick street.
Rebecca A. Gardner, 75 Pine street.
Anna F. Joyce, 22 Twelfth street.
Annie L. Mahoney, 41 Butterfield street.
Maude E. Moody, 25 Lane street.
Mary G. Quinn, 28 Chapel street.
M. Gertrude Seede, 85 Dover street.
Lillian A. Strout, in So. Loring street.
Mary E. Tobin. 40 Linden street.
98 ROLL OF TEACHERS.
CLASS OF JUNE, 1904.
Hannah M. Barrows, 19 Newhall street.
Christine Cameron, 872 Mammoth road, Dracut.
Marguerite Elvin, 258 Varnum avenue.
Esther M. Greene, 179 Warwick street.
Carrie E. Hale, 15 Robbins street.
Lisbeth D. Mann, 235 Walker street.
Caroline McGarvey, 34 Laurel street. .
Alice E. Ramsay, 58 Fremont street.
Elizabeth H. Seede, 85 Dover street.
Etta M. Smith, mo Lawrence street.
ROLL OF TEACHERS. 99
TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES
Granted since January i, 1902.
FIRST GRADE.
Wm. Hanson Howard, Dartmouth, '02, 40 Arlington street.
Wm. A. Martin, Ottawa, '02, 153 High street.
Michael A. Tighe, Boston College, '03, 31 Hovey avenue.
Elmer Garfield Brennon, Dartmouth, '04, 71 Robbins street.
Harold R. Wade, Harvard, 278 East Merrimack street.
SECOND GRADE.
Elizabeth Murphy, Boston University, '01, 159 Third avenue.
Alice Richardson, Smith, 'oi, 213 Branch street.
Ethel M. Everett, Wellesley, '01, 12 Belmont Street.
Alice H. Batcheller, Vassar, '02, 25 Nesmith street.
Susan G. Burbank, Boston University, '02, 130 Bowers street.
Mary H. Coburn, Smith, '02, 145 Beacon street.
Avis J. Coburn, Smith, '02, 145 Beacon street.
Bessie F. Davidson, Boston University, '02, 64 Warwick street.
Lucy M. Stevenson, Technology, '03, 45 Princeton street.
Annie Louise Hall, Vassar, '03, 48 Wannalancit street.
Margaret W. Hall, Vassar, '03, 48 Wannalancit street.
Lisbeth D. Mann, Acadia University, 235 Walker street.
Mabel A. Metcalf, Wellesley, '03, 93 Vernon street.
FOURTH GRADE.
Mary I. Halloran, Normal School, 01, 546 East Merrimack street.
Gertrude B. Crowley, Normal School, '01, 115 Fort Hill avenue.
Julia M. Adams Normal School, '02, Haverhill, Mass.
Alda L. Armstrong, Normal School, '02, Littleton, N. H.
Mina Guyton, Normal School, '02, 45 Fourth avenue.
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SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Head Master -__.. $3000
First Sub-Master 2200
Men Teachers 800 to 1800
Women Teachers, first year --------- 650
Women Teachers, second year - - - - - - ' - 700
Women Teachers, third year and thereafter - 800 to 1000
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
Masters - - - $1300 to 2000
Assistants, first year __- ..-•___ 450
Assistants, second year - - - - » - - - - 500
Assistants, third year and after - - 600
Teacher of Drawing .__-...._ 1250
Teacher of Music _-__.----_ 1250
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Teachers, first year --__.-.__ $450
Teachers, second year ---------- 500
Teachers, third year and after --------- 600
Principals of two rooms --------- 625
Principals of three rooms or more -----.-. 650
TRAINING SCHOOL
Principal _.. $2000
Three Assistants ----------- 900
KINDERGARTENS
Principals ------ $500
Assistants, first year --_----,-- 350
Assistants, after first year 450
TEMPORARY TEACHERS
Men Teachers per day $3 00
Women Teachers in High School per day - - - - - -2 50
Women Teachers in Primary and Grammar Schools per day - - 2 25
TEXT BOOKS.
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TEXT BOOKS USED IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
First Readers, Fifteen Series
Second Readers, Fifteen Series
Advanced Second and Third
Readers, Fifteen Series
Franklin Primary Arithmetic
Prince's Arithmetic by Grades
Davis's Stories of American History
Carroll's Around the World, Book I
Monroe's Reading Chart
American Music Reader
American Music Chart
Blaisdell's Child's Book of Health
Nichols' Graded Lessons in Number Heath's Vertical Writing Books.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Third Readers, Several Series
Fourth Readers, Several Series
Fifth Readers, Several Series
Scudder's Fables and Folk Stories
De Foe's Robinson Crusoe
Burrough's Birds and Bees
Hawthorne's Wonder Book
American Literature, Masterpieces
Bradbury's Eaton's Arithmetic
Werner's Arithmetic, Book III
Carpenter's Geographical Readers
Carroll's Around the World, Book II
Lewis's First Manual of Composition
Union Series of Physiologies
Wentworth's First Steps in Algebra
Worcester's New Pronouncing
Speller
The Morse Speller
The Rational Spelling Book
Reed's Word Lessons
The Mother Tongue, Books I and II
Frye's Primary Geography
Frye's Common School Geography
Eggleston's First Book in American
History
Scudder's History and Short History
of the United States
Fiske's History of the United States
Thomas's History of the United
States
Montgomery's Histories of the United
States
Guerber's Story of the Greeks
Guerber's Story of the English
Worcester's Comprehensive
Dictionary
Werner's Mental Arithmetic
Heath's Vertical Writing Books
American Music Readers
102
TEXT BOOKS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Chemistry, Physics and Other Sciences.
Experimental Chemistry, Newell
Qualitative Analysis, Irish
A Text-book of Physics, Hall-Bergen
Elements of Physics, Avery
Botany, Gray
Geology, Le Conte
Physics, Gilley
Elements of Chemistry, Williams
Herbarium, Wilson
Lessons in Astronomy, Young
Physics, Hoadley
Physiology, Kellogg
Physiology, Overton
Physiology, Blaisdell
Physiology, Foster and Shore
Physiology, Martin
Physiology, Walker
Physiology, Colton
Tarr's Physical Geography
Geology, Brigham
Ancient Mariner, Coleridge
Carlyle's Essay on Burns
Chaucer to Arnold, George
Conciliation with America, Burke
Composition and Rhetoric, Scott
and Denney
Eliot's Silas Marner, Norris
English Composition, Shaw
Foundations of Rhetoric, Hill
Hill's Principles of Rhetoric
Silas Marner, Eliot
Sir Roger de Coverly Papers,
Addison
Story of the Odyssey, Church
Tales from Shakespeare, Lamb .
English.
Iliad, Pope
Iliad, Bryant
Ivanhoe, Scott
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare
Lessons in English, Buehler
Macbeth, Shakespeare
Marmion, Scott
Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare
Milton and Addison, Macaulay
Milton's Lyrics
The Princess, Tennyson
Vicar of Wakefield, Goldsmith
Introduction to English Literature.
Pancoast
Capi et sa Troupe
College Plays, Bocher
Colomba, Merim6e
Le Cid, ( Corneille )
Contes et L^gendes, Guerber
Douze Contes Nouveaux, Fontaine
French.
French Dictionary, Heath
French Grammar, Grandgent
French Grammar, Fraser and
Squair
French Grammar, Worman
French Lyrics, Bowen
French Reader for Beginners, Kuhns French Reader, Super
TEXT BOOKS.
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Exercises No. 1, Grandgent
La Famille de Germandre, Sand
La Fontaine's Fables, Mme. Beck's
Edition
La Si6ge de Berlin
La Tache du Petit Pierre
Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon,
Labiche
French Composition, Grandgent
Sight Reading, Rogers
La Grammaire, Labiche
Scenes de la Revolution Francaise,
Lamartine
Le Dix Septieme Siecle
Grammaire Francaise, Larive et
Fleury, 2tne An.
French Syntax and Composition,
Bovet
Le Consent de 1813, Erckmann-
Chatrain
Le Cure de Tours, Balzac
M6thode Berlitz, Part I
Pecheur d'Islande, Loti
Readings from French History
Super
Selected Stories, Daudet
L'Expedition de Bonaparte en Egypte,
Thiers
French Commercial Reader, Pitman
Hoher als die Kirche, Clary
German Composition, Fasnacht
Traumereien, Leander
Heise's L'Arrabiata
Harris' German Lessons
German.
German Dictionary, Heath
Der Zerbrochne Krug, Joyne's
Schiller's Dreissigjahrige, Krieg
Schiller's Der Nefe Als Onkel
Joynes Meissuer's German Grammar
Wesselhoefts' German Composition Riehl's Der Fluchder Schonheit
Harris' German Composition Gold's Tales from Hauff
Immensee, Storm's Dippold's Scientific German
Schiller's Jungfrau von Orleans
Anabasis
Greek Composition, Higley
Greek Composition, Woodruff
Greek Grammar, Goodwin
Greek Lessons, White
Greek.
Greek Lexicon, Liddell and Scott
Greek Lexicon, White
Greek Reader, Goodwin
Homer's Iliad, Seymour
Homer's Odyssey, Seymour
History.
Age of Pericles, Grant Greek Civilization, Mahaffy
American History, Montgomery History of England, Coman and
Ancient History, Myers Kendall
English History, Montgomery History of English People, Green
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AUDITOR'S
Sixty -Ninth Annual Report
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
CITY OF LOWELL, MASS.
TOGETHER WITH THE
Treasurer's Account and the Account of the Commis-
sioners of Sinking Funds, for the Financial
Year Ending December 31, 1904.
LOWELL, MASS.:
Buck land Printing Company,
1905.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
For the Year Ending Dec, 31, 1904.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
City of Lowell.
Auditor's Office, January 1, 1905.
To the City Council:
Gentlemen: — In conformity with the re-
quirements of the Ordinances of the City, I
have the honor to present the Sixty-Ninth
Annual Report of the Receipts and Expen-
ditures of the City of Lowell for the year
ending December 31, 1904, exhibiting the same
as classified in the several department accounts,
with the value of Real and Personal Property
in charge of the several departments, and a
statement of the City Debt and the Debt due
the City.
RECEIPTS.
The whole amount of money re-
ceived into the City Treasury
from all sources from January 1
to Dec. 31, 1904, was $3,785,132 55
$3,785,132 55
AUDITOR S REPORT.
RECEIPTS— Continued.
Of this amount there was received
on account of
General Treasury Fund, Taxes. . . .
General Treasury Fund, Loans . . .
General Treasury Fund, Revenue. .
Engineering
Fire Department, Sundries
Health, Office Sundries
Health, Yard Labor
Inspector of Wires, Sundries
Parks, Sundries
Lowell City Hospital, Grain, Gro-
ceries and Provisions
Lowell City Hospital, Sundries ....
Paupers, Outdoor Relief, General
Sundries
Police, Salaries and Labor
Public Buildings, Carpenters, Pain-
ters, etc
Public Buildings, Bills for Materials
Schools
School Houses Labor
School Houses Sundries, work not
done by Dept. and Bills for
Materials
Sewer Maintenance, Labor
Sundries
Sewer Construction
Soldiers' Relief
State Aid
Streets Yard Labor
Streets Labor
Streets Sundries
Watering Streets Labor
Watering Streets Sundries
Water Works
City Debt
Fourth of July Observance
$1,494,770 49
1,554,414 00
414.539 94
7,755 12
185 33
175 70
163 75
09
94 59
8,745 36
1,311 00
136 20
2,206 51
1,272 81
49 60
13 60
1,120 44
1,119 01
509 54
3,208 43
16 00
48 00
50 00
533 55
83 10
2,318 46
28 00
1.372 00
197,073 64
91,810 29
8 00
$3,785,132 55
AUDITOR S REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
The whole amount expended and
ordered to be paid from the
Treasury from Jan. 1, to Dec.
31, 1904 was $3,096,273 32
$3,696,273 32
The expenditures were charged to
the following appropriations or
accounts :
Abatement of Taxes $ 48,496 19
Assessors, Salaries 12,534 13
Sundries 1,147 58
Auditor, Salaries 3,527 00
Sundries 440 84
Care of City Hall, Labor 5,325 00
Police Officer 1,006 50
Sundries 900 00
City Cemeteries 8,971 63
L ity Clerk, Salaries 4, 628 00
Sundries 1,063 03
City Treasurer, Salaries 7,340 00
Sundries 4,022 85
City Sealer, Salary 350 00
Sundries 66 65
City Weigher, Salaries 800 00
Sundries 18 50
City Messenger, Salary 1,200 00
Sundries 399 89
Lighting City Hall and
Memorial Building 1,550 16
Clerk of Committees, Salary 1,200 00
Sundries 140 85
Clerk of Common Council 300 00
Elections 13,302 25
Engineering 15.033 45
Fire Department Salaries and Labor 109,854 23
Sundries 24,449 85
Fish Warden 40 00
Pound Keeper 2 92
Health Office, Salaries and Labor. . 9,135 00
Sundries 2,621 26
AUDITOR S REPORT.
EXPENDITURES— Continued.
Yard Labor
Yard Sundries
Heating City Hall and Memorial
Building, Labor
Fuel
Sundries
Huntington Hall
Rifle Range Janitor . . . .
Taxes
Targets, Pasters and Sup-
plies
Repairs
Improvements at Range . .
Incidentals
Insurance
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar,
Salaries
Sundries
Inspector of Animals and Provisions
Inspector of Wires, Salaries
Sundries
Law Salaries
Sundries
Library
Lighting Streets
Public Buildings
Sundries
Liquor Licenses
Mayor, Salaries
Sundries
Stenography and extra
Clerk hire
Parks Salaries and Labor
Sundries
Lowell City Hospital and Alms-
house, Salaries
Labor
Grain Groceries and Pro-
visions
Sundries
Paupers, Out-Door Relief Salaries.
Office Sundries and Trans-
portation
General Sundries. ......
28,637
26
5,048
43
2,984
00
4,300
00
644
38
4,556
08
456
13
79
45
83
63
71
66
299
94
2,573
61
5,287
77
2,206
50
138
37
500
00
2,128
00
737
74
4,828
01
714
24
16,000
00
101,201
39
20
34
147
37
42,974
00
4,200
00
186
22
7
25
8,551
38
3,544
48
2,700
00
12,618
48
32,627
38
23,675
17
3,785
00
825
86
48,496
15
AUDITOR S REPORT.
EXPENDITURES— Continued.
Police, Salaries of Police Board and
Clerk 5,000 00
Salaries and Labor. 132.482 13
Sundries . 7,099 34
Public Buildings, Salaries 2,268 00
Janitor Police Station 912 50
Assistant Janitor Police
Station 818 97
Janitor Memorial Building 702 00
Carpenters, Painters, etc. . 8,239 00
Board of Horses 1,264 94
Electric Power at Shop.. . 254 76
Work not done by Dept. . 5,087 16
Materials 4,043 52
Repairing Palmer St. En-
gine House . 1,500 00
New Boiler at Branch St.
Engine House
Painting City Hall
Resetting and Repairing
Boiler at City Hall
Almshouse Repairs
Registrars of Voters, Salaries and
Labor
Sundries
Schools
School Houses, Labor
Janitors
Bills for work not done by
Dept. and Bills for
Materials ...
New Chimney at Highland
School
Concrete Chapel, Cheever
and Cottage St. School
Basements
New Boiler Lyon St.
School
New Boiler at Training
School
Repairing Fuller & Warren
Furnaces in various
schools
Sewer Maintenance, Salaries
499
278
98
55
1,499
2,499
98
81
3,261 25
824 26
299,532 79
11,580 19
40,606 73
11,590
02
125
00
200
00
500
00
499
97
980
2,896
52
27
10 auditor's report.
EXPENDITURES— Continued.
Labor 12,451 57
Sundries 11,767 06
Sewer Construction 115,989 42
State Aid, Salaries and Sundries. . . 2,107 14
Military Aid 3,931 00
Soldiers Relief 9,071 04
State Aid . . 14,937 50
Streets, Salaries - 4.000 00
Yard Labor 11,501 94
Labor 131,589 46
Sidewalk Repairs. 4,999 20
Sundries 53,503 58
New Sidewalks 8,405 40
Supply Salaries 5,444 58
Sundries * 922 63
Watering Streets, Labor 5,011 71
Sundries 11,844 06
State Supervisors 824 00
Water Works 181,298 24
Temporary Loans 1,200.000 00
Edson Cemetery Annex. 654 64
Bennett Portrait 300 00
Butler Portrait 300 00
Tax Cases 292 50
Laying out, grading and extending
By street- •• v 2,483 13
Taxes 335 80
Health, Small Pox 1,010 02
Parks, Care of Trees 999 99
Middlesex Village School Bell 307 88
City Debt 367,390 79
Interest 117,289 93
Sinking Funds 38.300 00
Corporation Tax , . . . . 46 32
National Bank Tax 11,603 35
Memorial Day G. A. R.... .... 1,000 00
Spanish War Veterans ... 200 00
Fourth of July Observance 2,640 32
Band Concerts 650 00
Lowell Textile School 8,000 00
Claims for Damages, Injuries, etc. . 1.239 00
Fire Alarm Box, Cor. Aiken Ave.
and Cumberland Road 150 00
Underground Wires, Police Dept. . 1,272 81
auditor's report. 11
EXPENDITURES— Continued.
Fire Dept.
State Tax
County Tax
State Highway Tax
Improving Sanitary Conditions at
Colburn School
New four-room Building to Relieve
Highland School
Sanitary Improvements in Sundry
School Houses and new Chim-
ney at Highland School
Bath-rooms at Fletcher and Branch
St. Engine Houses
Bath-rooms, Closet and new Floor
at Fourth St. Engine House. . .
Repairs of Steamer 3
Richardson Bill
Rebates on Rent paid for Hunting-
ton Hall
1,311
63,034
78,478
97
67
43
87
04
1,999
82
2,699
57
599
90
800
85
599
14
5,400
84
25
00
420
00
$3,696,273 32
CITY DEBT.
Ordinary City Debt. Jan. 1, 1904.. $2,408,756 79
Borrowed during the year 1904 254,414 00
Total 2,663,170 79
Paid during the year 1904 345,790 79
Total Ordinary City Debt, Dec. 31,
1904 $2,317,380 00
Water Debt, Jan. 1, 1904 1,183,900 00
Paid during the year 1904 21,600 00
Total Water Debt, Dec. 31, 1904.. $1,162,300 00
Total City Debt. Dec. 31, 1904. . . . $3,479,680 00
12 auditor's report.
CITY DEBT— Continued.
Ordinary City Debt, Dee. 31, 1904, 2,317,380 00
Sinking Funds for payment of
same 244,017 40
Net Ordinary City Debt, Dec. 31,
1904 $2,073,362 60
Water Debt, Dec. 31, 1904. ...... 1,162,300 00
Sinking Funds for payment of
same 406,430 22
Net Water Debt, Dec. 31, 1904. . . 755,869 78
Total Net Debt, Dec. 31, 1904. . . . $2,829,232 38
Total Net Debt, Dec. 31, 1903. . . . 2,933,441 54
Total Net Debt, Dec. 31, 1904. . . . 2,829,232 38
Decrease in City Debt during 1904, 104.209 16
Decrease in Net Ordinary Debt 49,684 68
LIMIT OF INDEBTEDNESS.
Total City Debt. Dec. 31, 1904.. . . $3,479,680 00
Deduct Water Loans 1,162,300 00
Deduct Exemptions by Legislature, 800,000 00 1,962,300 00
City Debt as it relates to limit of
indebtedness 1,517,380 00
Limit of Municipal Debt for 1905,
2% % of average valuation for
last three years, $71,601,535 67 1,790,038 40
City Debt which relates to limit
K Dec. 31, 1904 1,517,380 00
Distance from limit Dec. 31, 1904, 272,658 40
Distance from limit Dec. 31, 1903, 244,270 59
Increase of distance from limit 28,387 81
AUDITOR S REPORT.
13
LOANS, 1904.
Sewer Construction
Underground Wires, Police Dept. .
Fire Dept
Streets, Labor ...
Streets, Sundries
Repairs of Steamer 3
New four-room Building to Relieve
Highland School .............
Sanitary Improvements in Middlesex
Village, Powell and Training
School, and new Chimney at
Highland School
Bath-rooms Fletcher and Branch
.St. Engine Houses
Bath-rooms, Closets, new Floor at
Fourth St. Engine House
City Hospital and Almshouse,
Sundries
Heating City Hall and Memorial
Building, Fuel
Richardson Bill
Claims for Damages, Injuries, etc. .
Elections
Fire Dept. Salaries and Labor
Kalsomining Material, etc
Registrars of Voters Salaries and
Labor
Sundries
Public Buildings, Board of Horses,
School Houses, Janitor
Health, Cremator Construction ....
Deficiencies
General Treasury Fund Revenue,
Balance of $17,000 00 Loan. .
120,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
43,500 00
5,000 00
2,000 00
2,700 00
600 00
800 00
GOO 00
4,500 00
1.300 00
5,400 00
1,014 00
7,000 00
3,000 00
1,175 00
450 00
350 00
267 96
4,296 78
10,000 00
36,000 00
253,953 74
462 26
$254,414 00
14
AUDITOR S REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS, 1904.
Assessors Salaries
Sundries
Auditor, Salaries
Sundries . . v
Cure of City Hall, Labor
Police Officer ... .......
Sundries . . . . %
City Cemeteries
City Clerk, Salaries
Sundries
City Treasurer Salaries
Sundries
City Sealer Salary
Sundries
City Weigher Salary
Sundries
City Messenger Salary
Sundries
Lighting City Hall and Memorial
Building
Clerk of Committees Salary
Sundrie s
Clerk of Common Council
Elections
Engineering
Fire Department, Salaries and Labor
Sundries
Fish Warden
Pound Keeper
Health Office, Salaries and Labor. .
Sundries
Health Yard, Labor ....
Sundries
Heating City Hall and Memorial
Building, Labor
Fuel
Sundries
Huntington Hall
Rifle Ran^e Janitor
Taxes
Targets, Pasters, Supplies,
Repairs ....
Improvements at Range. .
Annual.
Additional.
$12,551 00
1,500
00
3,527
00
730
00
5,325
00
1.00G
50
900
00
9,000 00
4,628
00
1.241
00
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7,340
00
3,460
00
562 85
350
00
70
00
800
00
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25
00
1,200
00
400
00
1,547
86
2 30
1,200
00
200
00
300
00
6,500
00
7,000 00
7,500
00
106,956
50 •
3.000 00
24.835
00
40
00
5
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9,161
25
2,200
00
245 56
28,355
00
118 51
5,000
00
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3,000 00
3,000
00
1,300 00
600
00
44 38
4,900
00
456
25
87
96
84
88
70
91
75
300
00
AUDITOR S REPORT.
15
APPROPRIATIONS— Continued.
Incidentals
Insurance ,
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar,
Salaries
Sundries
Animals and Provisions. .
Wires, Salaries
Sundries ....
Law, Salaries
Sundries
Library
Lighting Streets
Public Buildings
Sundries
New Lights
Liquor Licenses
Mayor, Salaries
Sundries
Stenography and extra
Clerk hire
Park Department Salaries and
Labor
Sundries
Lowell City Hospital and Alms-
house, Salaries
Labor
Grain, Groceries and Pro-
visions
Sundries
Paupers, Out-door Relief, Salaries,
Office Sundries and Trans-
portation
General Sundries
Police, Salaries of Police Board and
Clerk
Salaries and Labor
Sundries
Public Buildings, Salaries
Janitor Police Station. . . .
Assistant Janitor Police
Station
Janitor Memorial Building
Carpenters, Painters, etc. .
Anni
ial.
Additional.
2,750
00
5,474
14
2,215
50
200
00
500
00
2,128
00
500
00
237 65
4,826
00
2 01
800
00
16.000
00
01,645
00
30
00
300
00
300
00
43,250
00
4,200
00
400
00
200 00
9,000 00
3.000 00
2,700 00
11,617 89
20,000 00
16,500 00
3,785 00
800 00
39,000 00
5,000 00
132,461 25
5,500 00
2,268 00
912 50
821 25
702 00
7,000 00
1 38
450 00
1,000 59
3,882 02
5,864 17
25 86
9,359 95
1,600 00
16
AUDITOR S REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS— Continued.
Public Buildings Sundries, Board of
Horses
Electric Power at Shop. . .
Bills, work not done by
Dept
Bills for Materials
Repairing Palmer St. En-
gine House
New Boiler at Branch St.
Engine House
Painting City Hall interior
and exterior
Resetting and Repairing
Boiler at City Hall.. . .
Almshouse Repairs
Registrars of Voters, Salaries and
Labor
Sundries
Schools
School Houses, Labor
Janitors
School Houses Sundries, Bills for
work not done by Dept. and
Bills for Materials
New Chimney at Highland
School
Concrete Chapel, Checver
and Cottage St. School
Basements
New Boiler Lyon St.
^School
New Boiler Training
School
Repairing Fuller & Warren
Furnaces in various
schools
Sewer Maintenance, Salaries
Labor
Sundries
State Aid, Salaries and Sundries. . .
Military Aid
Soldiers Relief
Annual.
Additional.
1,000
300
00
00
267 96
5,000
4,000
00
00
87 16
1,500
00
500
00
500
00
1,500
2,500
00
00
3,000 00
1,000 00
280,000 00
10,500 00
36,313 33
450 00
350 00
19,519 19
4,296 78
9,000
00
1,471 01
125
00
200 00
500
00
500 00
1,000 00
2,939 00
12,000 00
8,561 00
2,200 00
5,000 00
9,100 00
AUDITOR S REPORT.
17
APPROPRIATIONS— Continued,
State Aid
Streets, Salaries
. Yard Labor
Labor on Streets and
Boulevard
Sidewalk Repairs
Sundries
New Sidewalks
Supply Salaries
Sundries
Watering Streets, Labor
Sundries
State Supervisors
Health, Small Pox
Parks, Care of Trees
Sewer Construction
Health Cremator Construction ....
Middlesex Village School Bell ....
City Debt
Interest
Sinking Funds
Corporation Tax
National Bank Tax
Memorial Day, G. A. R
Spanish War Veterans . . .
Fourth of July Observance
Band Concerts
Lowell Textile School
Labor Day
Claims for Damages, Injuries, etc. .
Fire Alarm Box, Cor. Aiken Ave.
and Cumberland Road
Underground Wires, Police Dept. .
Fire Dept
State Tax
County Tax
State Highway Tax
Improving Sanitary Conditions at
Colburn School
New four-room Building to Relieve
Highland School
Annual.
Additional.
15,000 00
4,000 00
11,000 00
90,000 00
43,500 00
5,000 00
45,500 00
5,685 12
8,500 00
»
5,429 00
875 00
5,000 00
10,500 00
864 00
1,010 02
1,000 00
120,000 00
10,000 00
500 00
275,580 50
135,000 00
38,300 00
46 32
11,603 35
1,000 00
2()0 00
3,000 00
650 00
8,000 00
1,500 00
1,239 00
150 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
63,034 43
78,478 87
97 04
2,000 00
2,700 00
18
AUDITOR S REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS— Continued.
Annual.
Additional.
Sanitary Improvements in Sunday
School Houses and new Chim-
ney at Highland School
Bath-rooms at Fletcher and Branch
St. Engine Houses
Bath-rooms, Closets and new Floor
at Fourth St. Engine House. . .
Repair of Steamer 3
Richardson Bill
Rebates on Rent paid for Hunting-
ton Hall
600 00
800 85
600 00
2,000 00
5,400 00
420 00
$1,755,563 47
$431,330 72
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID CHASE, Auditor.
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.
The Amount of the Unexpended Balance of
1903 — The Amount of the Several Ap-
propriations Made by the City Council
During the Year 1904 — The Amount
Received into the Treasury from all
Sources — The Expenditures in Detail,
under Each Appropriation, and the Un-
drawn Balances December 31, 1904 — Also
the Amount of the City Debt — Debts
Due the City — Schedules of the Value
of Real and Personal Property, Etc.
20 auditor's report.
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Balance undrawn Jan. 1, 1904 $ 49,322 00
Overlaying made by Assessors 22.663 80
Supplementary Tax 1,134 00
$73,119 80
EXPENDITIRES.
Paid Appleton Company abatement
after payment 4,296 05
Hamilton M'f'g Co. abatement
after payment 17,089 50
Tremont & Suffolk' Mills abate-
ment after payment 12,666 47
Appleton Company on execu-
tion 1,389 90
Hamilton M'f'g Co. on execu-
tion 6,985 08
Tremont & Suffolk Mills on ex-
ecution 6,069 19
48,496 19
Paid sundry persons abatement after
payment 104 50
Abated by Assessors before pay-
ment * 23,807 39
72,408 08
Balance undrawn Dec. 31, 1904. . . 711 72
73,119 80
auditor's report. 21
ASSESSORS SALARIES.
Appropriation 12,551 00
$12,551 00
Paid Principal Assessors :
Abel Wheeler
John P. Mahoney. .,
C. Arthur Abbott
Assistant Assessors :
M. Bourdon
R. Charlton
T. F. Garvey . . . .
E. T. Goward...
W. J. McCluskey
Charles Riley . . . . ,
Clerks :
Stephen J. Kirby. . .
William J, Reardon
Charles C. Hartwell
Harry Lawrence. . . .
Andrew Liddell . . .
Eugene Mayrand...
Joseph Meehan ....
George Owen
Frank B. Peabody . .
Hazen G. Pillsbury.
Interpreters :
J. H. Prempas,
Y. Seroithes .
W. Smith
EXPENDITURES
2,250 00
2,250 00
2,250 00
$6,750 00
156 00
156 00
156 00
156 00
156 00
156 00
936 00
1,600 00
1,200 00
345 00
5 00
331 25
132 50
285 00
345 00
337 50
187 50
4,768 75
1 50
50 00
27 88
79 38
$12,534 13
22 auditor's report.
ASSESSORS, SALARIES— Continued.
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 16 87
$12,551 00
ASSESSORS SUNDRIES
Appropriation $1,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Blank Books, Stationery, Printing,
etc. :
To Courier Citizen Co
Dumas & Co
Thomas H. Lawler
Lawler Printing Co
Lowell Bill Posting Co
Osmond Long
G. C. Prince & Son -
Sampson, Murdock & Co
The Review & Record Co ....
Wright & Potter Printing Co. .
Sundries :
A pp. School Houses Materials
American Express Co
John P. Mahoney
N. E. T. & T. Co
D. L. Page Co
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund
$1,500 00
11 75
208 75
6 05
834 85
4 00
5 50
24 75
12 00
5 00
13 00
1,125 65
61
1 00
6 00
32
14 00
21 93
$1,147 58
352 42
$1,500 00
auditor's report. 23
AUDITOR, SALARIES.
Appropriation TJ $3,527 00
EXPENDITURES.
David Chase, Auditor 1,800 00
James T. Dunfey, Clerk 942 00
Clinton P. Tuttle, Clerk 785 00
AUDITOR, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $730 00
EXPENDITURES.
Blank Books, Stationery, Printing,
etc. :
To Buckland Printing Co
Butterfield Printing Co
Carter's Ink Co
Courier-Citizen Co
John Crawford
Daily Mail Publishing Co....
Dumas & Co
Thomas H. Lawler
W. C. Olson Mfg. Co
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co....
E. T. Tilton
F. A. M. Tobin
Amount carried forward 435 41
12
50
19
40
76
125
50
4
50
146
40
50
00
13
85
2
50
21
10
3
00
3
00
32
90
$3,527 00
$3,527 00
$730 00
24 auditor's report.
AUDITORS, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward 435 41
Sundries :
To American Express Co 15
N. E. T. & T. Co 28
J. H. Sparks 5 00 5 43
440 84
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 289 16
$730 00
CITY CLERK, SALARIES.
Appropriation $4,628 00
$4,628 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Girard P. Dadman, City Clerk 1,800 00
William P. McCarthy, Asst.
City Clerk 1,500 00
Belle C. Hill, Clerk 728 00
Georgia T. Story, Clerk 600 00
$4,628 00
CITY CLERK, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $1,241 00 ^
$1,241 00
EXPENDITURES.
Books, Stationery, Printing, etc. :
To Buckland Printing Co 9 25
Butterfield Printing Co 18 00
Amount carried forward. ... ... $ 27 25
AUDITOR S REPORT.
25
CITY CLERK, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward $ 27 25
Carter's Ink Co 2 25
Courier-Citizen Co 49 25
G. P. Dadman 42 65
Dumas & Co 16 00
Thomas H. Lawler 16 70
Lawler Printing Co 10 10
Libby Printing Co 5 75
Chas. Ltttlefield & Co 40
Lowell Bill Posting Co 6 00
Henry M. Meek Publishing Co. 34 00
G. C. Prince & Son. 22 45
Chas. E. Robinson 34 00
Sampson, Murdock & Co 6 00
Thorp & Martin Co 1 50
F. A. M. Tobin 8 25
Union Printing Co 71 75
M. G. Wight & Co 5 50
Telephone and Express :
To American Express Co 2 65
Manchester & Concord Express
Co 2 90
N. E. T. & T. Co 83
Reporting Births — Enumerators :
To F. R. Cross .... 12 40
G. W. Capron 18 50
M. H. Gilroy 20 90
T. R. Kennedy 18 90
C. R. Kidder 14 50
J. H. Lavallee 50 00
T. E. McCormick 18 50
F. B. Peabody 15 10
FredN. Tilton 25 55
194 35
To Sundry Persons, Physicians,
Nurses 488 75
Amounts carried forward
367 55
6 38
683 10
$1,057 03
26 auditor's report.
CITY CLERK, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $ 1,057 03
Sundries :
To A. M. Harmon 6 00 6 00
$1,063 03
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 177 97
$1,241 00
*
CITY TREASURER, SALARIES.
Appropriation $7,340 00
$7,340 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Andrew G. Stiles, City Treas. 2,700 00
Joseph Farrell, Clerk 1,500 00
Charles C. Wilson, Clerk 942 00
James S. O'Sullivan, Clerk. . . 942 00
Minnie Freeman, Clerk 628 00
Kittie Miskella 628 00
$7,340 00
CITY TREASURER, SUNDRIES,
Appropriation $3,460 00 '
Additional Appropriations 562 85
$4,022 85
EXPENDITURES.
Books, Stationery, Printing, Adver-
tising, etc. :
To Boston News Bureau 14 00
Buckland Printing: Co , 147 50
'6
Amount carried forward $ 161 bO
AUDITOR S REPORT.
27
CITY TREAvSURER, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward
Courier-Citizen Co
Daily Mail Publishing Co
Dumas & Co
Lepine & Co
Lowell Post Office
Lowell Sun
Municipal Journal Publishing
Co
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co. . .
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co
The Dodge Co
The Review & Record Co. . . .
Tilton & Co
F. A. M. Tobin
Writing and Distributing Tax Bills :
To R. Charlton
O. J. David
E. Gerrish
E. T. Goward
T. J. Johnson
F. Keefe
J. Meehan
R. L. Read
J . Wright
Serving Warrants :
To Daniel Emery,
Enoch Gerrish
Charles C. Hartwell
John McManus
G. F. Stiles/.
Amounts carried forward
$ 161 50
186
00
190
00
126
50
182
00
212
00
180
00
9
00
3
15
28
55
6
00
3
75
5
00
25
57
00
1,398 45
65
00
65
00
65
00
65
00
65
00
62
50
65
00
65
00
65
00
582 50
499
00
782
00
15
50
533
00
96
00
1,925 50
$ 3,906 45
28 auditor's report.
CITY TREASURER, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $ 3,906 45
Sundries :
To H. C. Derby 30 00
Middlesex Registry of Deeds . . 7 50
N. E. T. & T. Co 3 90
E. M. Tucke 75 00
116 40
$4,022 85
CITY MESSENGER, SALARIES.
Appropriation. $1,200 00
$1,200 00
r
EXPENDITURES.
/
To Joseph E. Pattee, City Mes-
senger 1,200 00
$1,200 00
CITY MESSENGER, LIGHTING.
Appropriation $1,547 86
Additional Appropriation 2 30
: $1,550 16
■■■■■■iManaaH
EXPENDITURES.
To Lowell Gas Light Co., City
Hall 326 43
Lowell Electric Light Corp.,
City Hall 1,127 97
Amount carried forward $ 1,454 40
auditor's report. 29
CITY MESSENGER, LIGHTING— Continued.
Amount brought forward. ...... $ 1,454 40
To Lowell Gas Light Co., Memo-
rial Hall 25 38
Lowell Electric Light Corp.,
Memorial Hall 70 38
95 76
$1,550 16
CITY MESSENGER, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $400 00
$400 00
J,.miL...,
EXPENDITURES.
Books, Stationery, Printing, etc. :
To Courier-Citizen Co 3 00
J. H. B. Fogg 98
Thomas H. Lawler . 10 85
Libby Printing Co 27 50
M. C. Olson Mfg. Co 2 57
G. C. Prince & Son 138 42
Sampson, Murdock & Co 21 00
F. A. M. Tobin 9 75
Tilton & Co 25
Union Printing Co 4 50
218 82
Telephone, Transportation and Car-
riage hire:
To American Express Co 20
B. & M. R. R 20 00
Manchester & Concord Express
Co .' 15
N. E. T. & T. Co 19 45
J. F. O'Donnell 4 00
J. H. Sparks 45 50
89 30
Amounts carried forward $ 308 12
30 auditor's report.
CITY MESSENGER, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts carried forward $ 308 12
Sundries :
To C. B. Coburn Co
Derby & Morse
Frye & Crawford
H. C. Girard ...
R. A. Griffiths
R. J. Lang & Co
A. W. Lewis & Co
O'Dounell Dry Goods Co. . . .
A. G. Pollard & Co
Charles P. Preston
Smith & L»awrence
Sterling Brush Co
Tucke & Parker
Thompson Hardware Co. . . .
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Appropriation $300 00
$300 00
9
00
9
64
85
5
35
7
00
1
20
2
00
2
90
27
00
rr
00
15
83
3
50
2
20
30
91 77
399 89
11
$400 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Frank M. Dowling, Clerk of
Common Council 300 00
300 00
CLERK OF COMMITTEES, SALARY.
Appropriation $1,200 00
$1,200 00
auditor's report. 31
CLERK OF COMMITTEES— Com inucd.
EXPENDITURES.
To Frank M. Dowling, Clerk of
Committees $1,200 00
$1,200 00
CLERK OF COMMITTEES, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $200 00
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
Books, Stationery, Printing, ete. :
To Courier-Citizen Co 3 25
• Helen A. Dimon 19 GO
Dumas & Co 3 00
B. M. &jN. E. Hutchins 3 50
Libby Printing Co 2G 25
G. C. Prince & Son ... 13 95
Chas. E. Robinson 10 25
Thorpe & Martin Co 9 35
Union Printing Co 8 50
97 G5
Transportation and Carriage hire :
To B. & M. R. R 40 50
Morse Coach Co 70
J. H. Sparks 2 00
43 20
$140 85
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 59 15
$200 00
32 auditor's report.
CITY SEALER, SALARY.
Appropriation. $350 00 ,
$350 00
EXPENDITURES.
To James R. Fulton, City Sealer.. $350 00
$350 00
CITY SEALER, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $70 00
$70 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Baker Printing Co 2 50
Courier-Citizen Co 4 00
Daily Mail Publishing Co 2 00
Lowell Sun 2 00
J ames Leach 56 15
G6 05
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund * 3 35
$70 00
POUND KEEPER.
Appropriation $5 00
$5 00
EXPENDITURES.
To O. W. Peabody, Pound Keeper 2 92
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 2 08
$5 00
auditor's report. 33
FISH WARDEN.
Appropriation $40 00
$40 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Charles W. Swan, Fish Warden 2 04
George T. Spence. 37 9G
40 00
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.
Appropriation $500
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Walter A. Sherman 500 00
500 00
CITY WEIGHER AND iMEASURER, SALARY.
Appropriation $800 00
$800 00
EXPENDITURES.
To George F. Noonan, City Weigher
and Measurer 800 00
$ 800 00
34 auditor's report.
CITY WEIGHER AND MEASURER, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $ 25 00
$25 00
EXPENDITURES.
To C. B. Coburn Co 50
F. A. M. Tobin 18 00
18 50
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 6.50
$ 25 00
to UtiUCrSaLkM ■-*". WHOM —— I
INSPECTOR MILK AND VINEGAR, SALARIES.
Appropriation $2,215 50
• $2,215 50
EXPENDITURES.
To Trios/ O. Allen Inspector 1,500 00
Tames E. Hill Collector 706 50
2,206 50
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 9 00
$ 2.215 50
INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $200 00
$200 00
auditor's report. 35
INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
Printing, Stationery, etc. :
To Courier-Citizen Co
Daily Mail Publishing Co . .
Dumas & Co
B. M. & M. E. Hutchins. . .
Lowell Sun
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co..
Union Printing: Co
John Wiley
&
Laboratory, Supplies ;
To Carleton & Hovey.
P. Dempsey & Co
Eimer & Amend
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. . . .
R. J. Lang& Co
Talbot Dyewood & Chemical.
Co
H. E. Webster & Co
Sundries :
To George F. Allen
Thos. O. Allen
American Express Co
John Cross
General Electric Co
Manchester & Concord Ex. Co
A. G. Pollard & Co
W. H. Ward& Co
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund
3 92
1 00
10 75
2 00
4 25
10 55
3 00
31 20
6 35
$ 73 02
6 00
2 75
1 60
5 00
5 50
3 26
7 56
31 67
3 60
12 41
40
7 00
1 52
40
3 00
5 35
33 68
138 37
61 63
$ 200 00
INSPECTOR OF WIRES, SALARIES.
Appropriation $2,128 00
$2,128 00
36 auditor's report.
INSPECTOR OF WIRES, SALARIES— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
To James F. McElholm Inspector
of Wires 1,500 00
Marietta L. McGrath, Clerk. . . 628 00
2,128 00
INSPECTOR OF WIRES, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $500 00
Receipts 09
Additional Appropriation 237 65
$737 74
EXPENDITURES.
Stationery, Printing, etc;
To Electrical Review 6 00
J. M. Fellows 2 25
Thomas H. Lawler 8 7()
Libby Printing Co 12 00
Municipal Journal & Register. 3 00
G. C. Prince & Son 1 75
Sampson, Murdock & Co 3 00
36 70
Transportation and Carriage hire : ,
To B. & M. R. R , 60 25
J. F. O'Donnell & Sons 4 00
64 25
Repairing Carriages & Harnesses :
Sawyer Carriage Co 19 82
J. H. Sparks 59 70
J. T. Williamson 1 00
80 52
Amount carried forward $ 181 47
auditor's report. 37
INSPECTOR OF WIRES, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward $ 181 47
Keeping and Shoeing Horse :
To Owen J. Carney 24 75
J. H. Sparks 222 97
247 72
Sundries :
To App. School Houses, Labor. . 183 42
J. F. McElholm 61 25
Marion 50 00
Tucke & Parker 8 88
Waverly Hotel 5 00
308 55
$ 737 74
MAYOR, SALARIES.
Appropriation $4,200 00
$4,200 00
I !■ WHIII ■— —
EXPENDITURES.
To Charles E. Howe, Mayor 3,000 00
Edwards Cheney, Secretary. . . 1,200 00
$4,200 00
MAYOR, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $ 400 00
$ 400 00
38 auditor's report.
MAYOR, SUNDRIES— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
Blank Books, Stationery, Printing,
etc. :
To Baker Printing Co
Courier-Citizen Co
J. M. Fellows
Osmond Long .
Lowell Daily Mail
Lowell Sun
Municipal Engineering Co. .
Municipal Journal Publishing
Co
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.
Union Printing Co
Telephone, Transportation, Car-
riage hire, etc :
To American Express Co
B. & M. R. R
G. W. Chapman
Morse Coach Co ...
N. E. T. & T. Co
J. H. Sparks
Western Union Tel. Co
41 72
Sundries :
To Clarance H. Raymond 35 00
35 00
$186 22
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 213 78
400 00
31
05
6
00
75
7
50
3 00
G
00
2
00
3
00
20
35
3
00
22
35
4
50
25
20
25
6
00
3
00
84
10
40
98
109 50
auditor's report. 39
MAYOR, STENOGRAPHY AND EXTRA
CLERK HIRE.
Appropriation $200 00
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Francis E. Andrews 4 00
B. M. & M. E. Hutchins 3 25
7 25
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 192 75
$200 00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS, SALARIES.
Appropriation 1 $3,000 00
Additional Appropriation 450 00
$3,450 00
EXPENDITURES
Board of Registrars :
To Girard P. Dadman 550 00
John P. Farley 550 00
Albert J. Blazon 550 00
Cornelius F. Sullivan 550 00
2,200 00
Clerks:
To Frank Cross 12 50
Harry P. Farley 365 00
M. J. Fletcher 55*00
J. C. King 87|50
Waldo F. Miles 20 00
F..B. Peabody 45 00
H. G. Pillsbury 5 00
Arthur Salmon 12 50
Amounts carried forward G02 50 $2,200 00
40 auditor's report.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS, SALARIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $"602 50 $ 2,200 00
J. Sullivan 80 00
Fred N. Tilton 378 75
1,061 25
$3,261 25
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 188 75
$3,450 00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $,1000 00
Additional Appropriation 350 00
1,350 00
EXPENDITURES.
Printing, Posting, etc. :
To Butterfield Printing Co 12 50
Courrier-Citizen Co 455 75
Dumas & Co 44 50
Lowell Bill Posting Co 51 00
Lawler Printing Co 5 00
Osmond Long 30 60
Union Printing Co 58 18
657 53
Books, Stationery, etc. :
G. C. Prince & Son 1 55
Charles S. Proctor 64 77
Sampson, Murdock & Co 6 00
Tilton & Co 1 50
73 82
Sundries :
To Charles F. Bradley 10 44
Helen A. Dimon 19 00
Amounts carried forward 29 44 $ 731 35
auditor's report. 41
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward 29 44 $ 731 35
D. L. Page Co 24 47
J. H. Sparks , .. 3 00
Waverly Hotel . 36 00
92 91
824 26
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 525 74
$1,350 00
CARE OF CITY HALL, LABOR.
Appropriation $5,325 00
$5,325 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 5,325 00
5,325 00
CARE OF CITY HALL, POLICE OFFICER
Appropriation $1,006 50
$1,006 50
MMIHiMMMUnMnKKmt
EXPENDITURES.
Appropriation for Police, Salaries
and Labor, Services of Officers 1,006 50
1,006 50
42 auditor's report.
CARE OF CITY HALL, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $900 00
EXPENDITURES.
Repairs on Furniture, Fixtures, etc. :
To Adams & Co 21 25
H. R. Barker Mfg. Co 2 15
Derby & Morse 61 75
George H. Gage 39 00
Alvin Lawrence. 51 00
A. W. Lewis & Co 6 12
Welch Bros 62 85
Hardware, etc. :
To H. C. Girard 10 30
W. A. Mack& Co 9 00
Smith & Lawrence 1 25
Thompson Hardware Co 8 20
Decorations :
To R. A. Griffiths 15 00
Whittet & Co 18 00
Furniture, Carpets, etc. :
To J. H. Burns 28 25
Gookin Bros 20 50
J. S.Hastings 17 09
H. E. Webster & Co 29 25
Cleaning Supplies :
To F. M. Bill & Co 1 80
C. B. Coburn Co 15 00
John P. Curley 3 00
W. P. Fove 5 00
India Alkali Works 27 54
Kelty "Bros 3 80
$900 00
244 12
28 75
33 00
95 09
Amounts carried forward 56 14 $ 400 96
auditor's report. 43
CARE OF CITY 'HALL, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward 5C 14 $ 400 96
A. L. Kittredge & Co
W. W. Morrison
John McCullough
O'Brien Bros
G. C. Prince & Son
Simpson & Rowland
Talbot Dye wood & Chemical
Co
Sundries :
App. for Water Works
t< i< Parks, Sundries...
Bon Marche
Conway Transfer Co
John Cross
Daniel Gage
Greenwood Bros
George E. Hutchins
W. A. Ingham Co
C. F. Morse
O'Brien Bros
O'Donnell & Gilbride Co. . .
14
85
7
50
9
00
8
75
7
50
5
90
48
184
56
12
49
7
50
25
1
00
118
38
6
00
17
55
4
50
6
82
1
20
28
67
CITY CEMETERIES.
Appropriation $9,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Charles A. Wotton, Supt 1,199 96
Sundry Persons for Labor. . . . 5,377 31
110 12
388 92
$900 00
$9,000 00
Amount carried forward 6,577 27
44 auditor's report.
CITY CEMETERIES, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward $ 6,577 27
Water, Lighting, Telephone :
App. for Water Works 147 58
Lowell Gas Light Co 63
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co 2 38
150 59
Hardware, Tools, etc. :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co. 10 65
F. W. Cheney & Co 90
E. P. Flanders & Co 58 79
Thompson Hardware Co 29 32
99 66
Pipe Fittings, etc. :
To H. R. Barker Mfg. Co 49 12
Boutwell Bros 3 03
City Iron Foundry 30 00
Harry S. Drury 56 25
Charles E. Gee ,. 8 80
Charles Hanchett & Co 1 50
Charles F. Kappler 19 85
George O'Malley 2 71
I. C. Perkins.... 3 00
Union Iron Foundry 90 00
Welch Bros 30 52
294 78
Painters' Supplies :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co. . 145 14
145 14
Plants, Shrubs, etc. :
To Charles R. Fish & Co 235 00
Marshall . 102 60
James Walsh 70 00
Whittett & Co 6 50
414 10
Shoeing Horse :
To A. D. Mitten 28 28
28 00
Hay, Grain, etc. :
To H. E. Noyes & Son 65 78
O. D. Wilder 28 50
94 28
Amount carried forward $ 7,803 82
auditor's report. 45
CITY CEMETERIES, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward . . $ 7,803 82
Fuel, etc :
To Lowell Coal Co 19 65
YY holey Coal Co 14 00
Manure, Loam etc. :
To Thomas Egan ....
E. P. Flanders & Co
John F. Mahoney
D. J . M urphy
M, Murphy
Joseph Tremblay
Whitman & Pratt Rendering Co
Cora J. Wilson
Carriages, Harnesses etc. :
To A. L. Butman 22 25
F. B. Hill & Co 46 90
C. F. Kappler 2 25
133
92
35
00
14 00
108
00
85
00
7
50
38
00
14
40
Stationery, Printing etc. :
To Daily Mail Publishing Co
Thomas H. Lawler.
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co
Smith Premier Typewriter Co
Union Printing Co
'o
Sundries :
To Warren A. Bishop ....
Gustaf Carlson
B. L. Dutton
Gumb Bros
John S. Haynes ....
Lowell Wall Paper Co
P. T. McMahon
Amounts carried forward. . .
33 65
435 82
71 40
2 50
60
37 40
3 00
87 75
41 75
173 00
1 90
2 20
9 05
102 00
30 00
5 25
28 00
178 40
$8
,517 69
46 auditor's report.
CITY CEMETERIES, SUNDRIES— Continued,
Amounts brought forward $ 178 40 $ 8,517 69
A. F. Storey & Co 54
Charles A. Wotton 275 00
453 94
8,971 63
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 28 37
$ 9,000 00
ELECTIONS.
Appropriation $6,500 00
Additional Appropriation 7,000 00
$13,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons, Services as
Election Officers 7,552 00
Sundry Persons for Labor .... 972 04
App. Public Buildings Labor, 66 02
8,590 06
Clerks :
To F. R. Cross 207 50
H. K. Gates 7 50
H. Hoole 2 50
J. P. Farley 15 00
F. B. Peabody 112 50
Arthur Salmon 95 00
440 00
Repairing Ballot Boxes :
To C. F. Hatch Co 94 50
Charles L. Littlefield & Co . . 23 70
118 20
Amount carried forward $ 9,148 26
AUDITOR S REPORT.
47
ELECTIONS— Continued.
Amount brought forward
$9,148 26
Hardware, etc. :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Carroll Bros
E. J. Carroll & Co
F. W. Cheney & Co
E. P. Flanders & Co
H. C. Girard
Thompson Hardware Co
Stationery and Typewriting :
To G. P. Dadman
Helen A. Dimon
Dumas & Co
B. M. & M. E. Hutchins
H. C. Kittredge
T. H. Lawler
G. C. Prince & Son
C. S. Proctor
Printing, Posting, etc. :
To Baker Printing Co
Buckland Printing Co
Butterfield Printing Co
Courier-Citizen
Daily Mail Corp
Lawler Printing Co.
Labor Journal
Lepine & Co
Libby Printing Co
Charles Littlefield & Co
Lowell Bill Posting Co
Lowell Sun . ...
Lowell Labor Journal
Charles E. Robinson
Saturday Free Press
Sunday Telegram
F. A. M. Tobin
Union Printing Co
Amount carried forward
11
25
22
30
22
32
1
25
56
25
2
40
2
13
117 90
40 00
60
70
29
00
49
61
45
42
35
45
65
124
32
392 08
41
00
6
75
1.506
15
171
60
42
00
3
10
12
00
12
60
55
05
32
00
5
00
33
00
12
00
58
50
24
00
22
95
19
25
478
00
2,534 95
$12,193 19
48 auditor's report.
ELECTIONS— Continued
Amount brought forward
Fuel:
To John Brady
W. T. Griffin
Frank Rellly
Teaming, Carriage hire, etc.
To Thomas Casey
Conway Transfer Co. .
C. H. Hanson & Co. . .
Ed. Judge
T. G. Little
S. T. Moses
Morse Coach Co
S. W. Parker
O. F. Prentiss
M. Reynolds
R. E. Richardson
J. II. Sparks
John Sullivan
Care of Ward Rooms :
To O. W. Brown
John J. Carr
John H. Hallett
P. F. Hannafm
Dennis Harrington
Timothy Harrington. . .
Wm. Kennedy
P. J. Mahoney
H. L. Morgan
John McCarty
Omer Smith
Wm. H Stafford
Chas. Thurston
Luke Veo
Amount carried forward
$12,
,193 19
32 00
22
00
3
25
57 25
9
00
156
50
57
25
50
58
00
12
00
5
00
16
00
28
00
20 00
10
50
17
50
20 00
410 25
12
75
3
00
2
00
3 00
4
00
4
00
2
75
12
00
2
00
2
51
13
33
2
00
1
00
1
00
65 34
*
$ 12,726 03
auditor's report. 49
ELECTIONS— Continued.
Amount brought forward $12,726 03
Rent :
To H. F. Felton, Agent 15 00
C. F. Keyes 20 00
Julia McCarty 75 00
Mechanics Savings Banks 75 00
Percy Parker 100 00
285 00
Sundries :
To J. W. Bennett Co
S. J. Bigelow
C. F. Bradley
C. B. Coburn Co
Alfred C. Cook
D. J. Giroux ,
Michael Mullin
A. McCloughry
O'Donnell & Gilbride Co
D. L. Page Co
Chas. R. Preston
W. H. Spaulding & Co
Spencer & Co
Waver ly Hotel
291 22
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 197 75
50
49
51
9
28
46
32
20
63
12
38
8
00
30 25
30 00
33
25
30
00
2
50
14
60
4
00
STATE SUPERVISORS.
Balance undrrawn Jan. 1, 1904 ... 136 00
Additional Appropriation 864 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Services. . . 824 00
Balance undrawn Dec. 31, 1904. . . 176 00
$13,500 00
$1,000 00
$1,000 00
50
AUDITOR S REPORT.
ENGINEERING.
Appropriation $7,500 00
Receipts from Sundry Departments, 7,755 12
$15,255 12
EXPENDITURES.
To George Bowers, City Engineers
Sundry Persons, Assistants. . . .
2,700
11,877
00
60
14,577 60
Carriages, Harnesses and Repairs:
F. 13. Hill & Co
50 00
37 80
44 20
Sawyer Carriage Co
132 00
Books, Stationery, Printing, etc* :
To Buckland Printing Co
J. D. Bartley
W. B. Clark Co
3 50
75
2 25
3 00
2 00
3 00
50
2 00
3 00
55 00
11 68
13 20
3 50
10 00
65
Engineering News. Pub. Co. . .
Thos. *H . Lawler
Municipal Engineering Co. . . .
Municipal Journal Pub. Co. . .
Frederick Post Co
F. A. M. Tobin
Geo. II. Walker & Co
Tilton & Co
114 03
66 64
Telephone, Transportation, etc. :
To American Express Co
B. & M. R. R
N. E T. & T. Co
N. Y. & B. Des. Ex. Co
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R ...
J. H. Sparks
7
20
25
13
07
25
07
90
35
00
$14,890 27
auditor's report. 51
ENGINEERING— Continued.
Amount brought forward $14,890 27
Sundries :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co. 1 00
George Bowers 29 25
Concord Drug Store 1 20
W. W. Carey 6 80
Derby & Morse 4 80
Helen A. Dimon 2 00
Eugene Dritzgen Co 12 18
Frye & Crawford 10
H. C. Girard 80
A. L. Kittredge & Co 11 55
F. M. Lazelle 12 00
Chas. E. Moss 2 40
J. S. Mason & Co 30 10
Riehle Bros. Testing Machine
Co 15 30
Rice & Co 1 00
E. G. Soltman 2 70
W. H. Spaulding & Co G 75
Thompson Hardware Co 3 25
143 18
15,033 45
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 221 G7
$15,255 12
FIRE DEPARTMENT, SALARIES AND LABOR.
Appropriation $106,956 50
Additional Appropriation 3,000 00
$109,956 50
mmi ■■■■ i
52
AUDITOR S REPORT.
FIRE DEP'T. SALARIES AND LABOR— Continued.
EXPENDITURES
To Edward S. Hosmer, Chief
Engineer 2,000 00
James F. Norton, Asst. Eng'r. 1,500 00
H. W. Burton " "... 366 68
Edward Meloy " ". . . 40001
Geo. F. Salmon " ". . . 400 01
4,666 70
Call Fireman 21,374 68
Permanent Firemen 83,812 85
109,854 23
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 102 27
$109,956 50
FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $24,835 00
Receipts from App. Fire Dept. un-
derground wires 185 33
$25,020 33
EXPENDITURES.
Fuel :
To John Brady 12 00
John T. Brennan 3 00
Edward Cawley 688 35
Lowell Coal Co 1,945 48
George Lynch 10 00
Frank Reilly 12 00
D. T. Sullivan 237 38
2,908 21
Hay, Grain, etc. :
To Ame & Co 25 00
A. M. Blackie 192 56
$ 217 56
Amount carried forward $ 2,908 21
auditor's report. 53
FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward $217 56 $ 2,908 21
J. B. Cover & Co 340 99
C. H. Cutter 35 16
Charles Dumas & Co 76 35
George M. Foster 1,280 59
W. P. Foye & Co 6 40
Fred E. Jones 372 70
Lowell Coal Co 282 06
Joseph Marin 245 67
T. J. McDonald 328 40
Joseph Mullin 771 90
H. E. Noyes & Son 1,555 38
D. A. Reardon 49 44
Fred H. Rourke 176 37
Paul Vigeant & Co 1,173 98
O. D. Wilder 114 76
7,027 71
Horses and Use of Horses :
To C. H. Hanson & Co 2,320 57
D. D. Libby 64 00
2,384 57
Water, Lighting and Telephone :
App. Water Works . . 420 05
Lowell Electric Light Corp. . . 338 46
Lowell Gas Light Co 1,525 00
N. E. T. & T. Co 254 81
2,538 32
Shoeing Horses:
To R. R. Armitstead 30 06
E. P. Bryant 30 40
L. D. Butters 32 50
James Blakely 113 75
M. J. Cahill 107 00
Cahill Bros 54 60
Owen J. Carney 90 00
John H. Collins 9 50
C. Desmond 313 20
J. J. Donnelly 133 80
Q. A. Foster 35 48
$ 950 29
Amount carried forward $ 14,858 81
54 auditor's report. _
FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward $950 29 $14,858 81
M. V. B. Libbey & Co 113 40
A. D. Mitten 161 96
George R. Morse 18 35
A. Parsons 145 58
Henry Reynolds 40 75
S. A. Shattuck 37 25
C. H. 'Ward 49 25
J. T. Williamson 102 05
1,618 88
Carriages, Harnesses and Repairs :
To Robert Barris 99 50
A. L. Butman 76 20
E. P. Bryant 109 43
A. H. Cluer 29 95
Donovan Harness Co 210 45
G. K. Hammond 9 50
C. H. Hanson & Co 62 50
F. B. Hill & Co 639 60
J. H. Laporte 161 40
H. J. O'Dowd 12 00
D. W. Parker , 7 55
C. N. Perkins & Co 21 75
Sawyer Carriage Co 843 32
D. C. Stanley 16 20
J. H. Swett 119 53
Geo. H. Taylor 6 75
H. W. Tinker 1 15
Lumber :
To Burham & Davis Lumber Co. . 5 26
Pratt & Forrest 10 08
Hardware, etc. :
To W. T. S. Bartlett 13 21
Boutwell Bros 29 30
Owen E. Brennan 2 01
F. W. Cheney & Co 7 25
E. P. Flanders & Co 5 25
2,426 78
15 34
$ 57 02
Amount carried forward $ 18,919 81
auditor's report.
55
FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
$57 02 $18,919 81
H. C. Girard
50
S. F. Hayward & Co
N. D. Larleur
18
•
35
90
W. A. Mack& Co
105
03
Smith & Lawrence
3
67
48
83
Thompson Hardware Co
253 11
Pipe Fittings, Hose and Repairs :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
48
50
American Locomotive Co
29
50
E. Badger & Sons Co
3
00
James M. Baker
12
00
H. R. Barker Mfg. Co
256
17
Cornelius Callahan
1,727
80
Carroll Bros
7
8
11
4
10
50
70
75
00
Wm. H. Hope & Co
Geo. E. Hutchins
D. Lovejoy & Son
Middlesex Machine Co
A. F. Nichols
4
95
ScovilMfg. Co
Rochester Machine Screw Co.
18
71
00
84
18
28
D. H. Wilson & Co
12
40
Welch Bros
23
10
2,257 59
Painters^and Electricians Supplies :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
2
75
Boston Electric Co
6
2
268
39
70
00
59
00
F. W. Cheney & Co
C. B. Coburn Co
Derby & Morse
78
48
15
42
00
00
Heanev Mfpf. Co
J O
Willard W. Morrison. ......
Smith & Lawrence
12
13
81
92
Tucke & Parker
487 19
$ 21,917 70
56
AUDITOR S REPORT.
FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward
$ 21,917 70
Stable Supplies :
To Auburn Brush & Mop Co
Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
F. M. Bill & Co
Cornelius Callahan Co
Charles E. Carter
Walter Loburn & Co
Continental Brush Co
P. Dempsey & Co
Thomas Garvey
C. I. Hood & Co
W. A. Ingham Co
Lowell Rendering Co
Lowell Rubber Co ....
National Sponge & Chamois
Co...
Simpson & Rowland
Talbot Dye. & Chemical Co. . .
Whitman & Pratt Rendering
Co
Furniture, Bedding, etc. :
To Bon Marche
P. J. Custy &Co
Gilbride's.
Gookin Bros
Greenwood Bros ....
E. Hapgood & Son
James T. Henry & Co
J. S. Hastings
Lowell Wall Paper Co
H. C. McOsker
R. T. Mower
O'Donnell & Gilbride Co
O'Donnell Dry Goods Co
A. E. O'Heir & Co
A. G. Pollard & Co
Robertson & Co
Amount carried forward
15 00
4 50
17
30
36
00
5
50
53
00
105
00
2
75
18
00
7
00
5
75
43
20
5
33
136
04
33 80
- 48
06
13
20
65
40
2
75
549 43
500
36 00
3 00
62 72
8 50
3 75
4 00
49 99
5 00
60 50
23 50
27 00
36 60
20 25
413 06
$ 22,881 09
AUDITOR S REPORT.
57
FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward
Laundering :
To Scripture's Laundry
Stationery, Printing, etc. :
To J, Harry Boardman
Buckland Printing Co
Courier-Citizen Co
Lawler Printing Co
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co. . . .
Tilton & Co
F. A. M. Tobin
Union Printing Co
Veterinary :
To A. W. Baker
J. G. Lesure
C. E. Munn
W. A. Sherman
J. H . Sparks
Jesse A. Viles
Transportation, Carriage hire, etc.
To American Express Co
B. & M. R. R
Man. & Concord Express Co.
N. Y. & B. Des. Express Co.
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R...
J. H. Sparks
Sundries :
To F. M. Bill & Co
Bon Marche
Boston Belting Co
C. G. Braxmar Co
Carleton & Hovey
C. H. Cutter
Amounts carried forward
119 12
18 00
5 00
61 50
98 00
19 40
3 00
67
35 00
4 00
70 00
35 00
2 00
17 50
127 00
2 00
8 90
20 50
1 70
6 70
1 75
5 00
158 50
15 60
12 19
12 00
2 00
54 26
$ 254 55
$22,881 09
119 12
244 57
253 50
44 55
$ 23,542 83
58 auditor's report.
FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $254 55 $23,542 83
Peter Davey 9 00
J. Albert Evans 9 25
John Ferris 1 20
Josiah Gates & Sons 2 08
iVlrs. W. H. Gibson 15 00
H. L. Gonzales 1 00
C. H. Hanson & Co 75
S. B. Harmon 3 00
E. S. Hosmer 85 50
J. W. Jantzen 1 30
F. W. Jenness 88 00
A. L. Kittredge & Co
A. Ivan Laughton
Alvin Lawrence
Middlesex Co
T. J. McDonald
McKissock Steam Carpet Clean-
ing Works
James Murkland & Son
New Depaiture Bell Co
A. F. Nichols
O'Brien Bros
C. N. Perkins & Co
Pratt & Forrest
F. E. Putnam
Harry Raynes
A. II. Sanborn & Co
J. H. Sparks
Waverly Hotel
907 02
2
70
5
50
7
00
191
53
8
50
13
74
19
50
20
00
2
19
7
30
39
45
35
60
50
50
20
00
28
43
9
00
24,449 85
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 570 48
$25,020 33
auditor's report. 59
UNDERGROUND WIRES, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $2,000 00
$2,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
App. Fire Department Sundries. . . 185 33
H. R. Barker Mfg. Co 44 99
W. E. Declow 412 50
E. P. Flanders & Co 5 00
Farrell & Conaton 11 52
N. E. T. & T. Co. G42 68
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R .... 9 65
1,311 67
Balance undrawn Dec. 31, 1904... 688 33
$2,000 00
HEALTH OFFICE, SALARIES AND LABOR.
Appropriation $9,161 25
$9,161 25
EXPENDITURES.
Board of Health:
To Guy Holbrook 143 06
William B. Jackson 500 00
John H. McGuinness 125 00
William C. Doherty 375 00
Leonard Huntress 356 94
1,500 00
Agent :
To Horace H. Knapp 1,830 00
1,830 00
Amounts carried forward $3,300 00
60 auditor's report.
HEALTH OFFICE, SALARIES AND LABOR— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $ 3,330 00
Clerk: ■
To Kathcrine M. Snow 628 00
628 00
Bacteriologist :
To Thomas B. Smith 600 00
600 00
Inspectors :
To F.A.Bates ,.. 1,28100
W. H. Connors 1,020 50
J. M. Farrell 156 00
Stephen Garrity 1,099 00
F. J. O'Hare 1,020 50
4,577 00
9,135 00
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 26 25
$9,161 25
HEALTH OFFICE, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $2,200 00
Additional Appropriation 245 56
Receipts, App. Health Small Pox. . 42 85
City of Worcester 18 57
Town of Chelmsford 114 28
$2,621 26
EXPENDITURES.
Professional Services :
To W. A. Johnson 417 00
E. J. Livingston 68 00
Louis A. Olney 2()0 CO
T. B. Smith 202 50
887 50
Amount carried forward $ 887 50
AUDITORS REPORT.
61
HEALTH OFFICE, SUNDRIES -Continued.
Amount brought forward
$ 887 50
Hospitals :
To Lowell Hospital Association. . .
Stationery, Printing and Adver-
tising :
To Buckland Printing Co
Carter's Ink Co
Courier-Citizen Co
Daily Mail Publishing Co
Dumas & Co
C. F. Hatch & Co
Journal of Medical Research.
Lowell Sun
Libby Printing Co
Lawler Printing Co
Thomas H. Lawler
Library Bureau ...
Lyon Platinum Pen Co.
Municipal Engineering Co. . . .
Municipal Journal and Engineer
Municipal Journal Publishing
Co
W. C. Olson Mfg. Co
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co
Tilton & Co
F. A. M. Tobin
Wm. Woods Co
Laboratory Supplies :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Otis Allen & Son
H M . Alexander & Co
Amyl Kijo Chemical Co
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. . .
Charles E. Carter
C. B. Coburn Co
P. Dempsey & Co
Eimer & Amend
Amounts carried forward
490 49
8
50
1
14
66
08
1
00
2
75
5
00
4
00
3
75
246
74
22
20
13
48
4
50
6
00
2
00
3
00
5
15
2
57
15
64
6
00
30
14
00
2
25
13 21
5 00
72
50
8
80
17
50
4
45
2
50
27
50
8
77
490 49
436 05
$160 23 $1,814 04
62
AUDITOR S REPORT.
HEALTH OFFICE, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $160 23 $1,814 04
Ellingwood & Co
John R. Fallon
Keefe Bros.
R. J. Lang & Co. . . . ....
Frank E. McNabb
Talbot Dye & Chemical Co
H. E. Webster Co
227 31
Transportation, Carriage hire, etc*
To American Express Co
B. & M. R. R
Man. & Con. Express Co ....
N. Y. & B. Des. Express Co
J. H. Sparks
Telephone :
To N. E. T. & T. Co 13 95
49
4
50
2
40
2
45
16
85
33
55
6
84
9
95
20
00
20
1
20
2
00
33 35
13 95
Sundries :
App. Lowell City Hospital Pro-
visions
App. School Houses Labor
Otis Allen & Son
F. A. Bates
J . S. Brooks
John Brady
City of Worcester
C. B. Coburn Co
Conners Bros
John Callaghan
Stephen Garrity
John F. Henley
J. D. I lenry ...
Harry C. Kittredge
H. H. Knapp. .
Lowell C oal Co
Mass. Association Board of
Health
Joseph Mullin
Amounts carried forward $299 36 $2,088 65
14
60
11
51
5
00
10
80
2
24
2
00
37
14
10
75
00
1
60
3
44
8
00
1
25
1
25
68
25
35
18
8
00
14
00
auditor's report. 63
HEALTH OFFICE, SUUDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $299 36 $2,088 65
W. A. Mack & Co 14 25
O'Sullivan Bros. Co 2 50
Manuel Perry 3 00
John Ryan . . 175 00
Rose Scott 12 50
Spencer & Co 20 00
W. A. Sherman 3 00
T. A. D. Sullivan & Co 3 00
532 61
$2,621 26
HEALTH YARD, LABOR.
Appropriation ' $28,355 00
Additional Appropriation 118 51
Receipts App. Health Small Pox.. 163 75
$28,637 26
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 28,637 26
$28,63 7 26
HEALTH YARD, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $5,000 00
Additional Appropriation 48 43
$5,048 43
64 auditor's report
HEALTH YARD, SUNDRIES— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
Water :
App. Water Works 96 75
Lighting :
To Lowell Eleetric Light Corp. . . 27 10
Lowell Gas Light Co 67 56
Fuel :
To John Brady 20 00
John T. Brennan 12 00
Edward Cawley 68 95
Daniel Gage 6 48
Lowell Coal Co. 50 04
Joseph Mullin 23 63
Daniel T. Sullivan 72 14
Hay Grain etc. :
To Coffey Bros 200 00
J. B. Cover & Co 281 82
Chas. Dumas & Co 8 10
Geo. M. Foster 201 08
Lowell Coal Co 540 41
T. J, McDonald 152 89
H. E. Noyes & Son 42 24
Paul Vigeant & Co 855 77
O. D. Wilder 506 63
Horses, Carriages, Llarnesses and
Repairs :
To Robert Barris
A. L. Butman
Donovan Harness Co
F. B. Hill & Co
Patrick Lally & Sons
H. J. O'Dowd
Sawyer Carriage Co
J. H. Sparks
Amount carried forward
96 75
94 66
253 24
2,788 94
1 00
11 30
351 15
52 00
70 00
26 00
5 75
6 10
523 30
$3,756 89
AUDITOR S REPORT.
65
HEALTH YARD, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward $3,756 89
Lumber:
To Burham & Davis 35 93
Davis & Sargent 17 50
Pratt & Forrest 50 75
Amasa Pratt & Co 6 48
Wm. H. Wignin 17 47
Hardware, Pipe Fittings, etc. :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Boutwell Bros
John Callaghan
Farrell & Conaton
Fitzpatrick & Welch
E. P. Flanders & Co
H. C. Girard
W. A. Mack& Co
Thompson Hardware Co
Union File Co
H. H. Wilder
Painters' Supplies :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Sylvester Bean
J. C. Bennett
C. B. Coburn Co
Walter Coburn & Co
P. Dempsey & Co
Laundering :
To McNabb Bros
Sundries :
To B. & M. R. R
A. W. Baker
Willis H. Bean
Bon Marche
John Cross
28
69
653
15
2
92
7
78
24
94
23
50
15
73
25
44
9
96
2
25
1
00
12
97
3
65
20
80
27
60
3
00
13
75
12
89
1
25
18
00
1
50
5
00
68
50
128 13
795 36
81 77
12 89
Amounts carried forward $94 25 $4,775 04
66
auditor's report.
HEALTH YARD, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $4,775 04
G. M. Foster
Daniel Gage
C. H. Hanson & Co
Geo. E. Hutchins
Keefe Bros
Frank McAvinue
James Murkland & Son
Frank E. McNabb
Morse Coach Co
N. E. T. & T. Co :....
O'Sullivan Bros. Co
G. C. Prince & Son
Shepard, Clark & Co
W. A. Sherman
J. H. Sparks
Charles L. Sweetsir
Simpson & Rowland
Talbot Dye & Chemical Co. .
9
38
7
64
10
00
11
50
1
95
10
70
43
93
4
25
8
00
90
3
75
6
00
10
80
18
00
16
00
4
75
7
95
3
64
273 39
—
$5,048 43
HEALTH, SMALL POX.
Appropriation
$1,010 02
EXPENDITURES.
$1,010 02
Provisions, Fuel, Clothing, etc. :
App. Lowell City Hospital Grain,
Groceries and Provisions. .
J. S. Brooks
Edward Cawley
Gilbride's
O. F. Prentiss
Amount carried forward
94
76
10
32
14
10
5
88
22
25
14
147 31
$147 31
auditor's report. 67
HEALTH, SMALL POX— Continued.
Amount brought forward $ 147 31
Labor and Material :
App. Public Buildings, Carpenters,
Painters, etc 7 94
7 94
Physicians and Attendants :
App. Health, Yard Labor 163 75
J. F. Boyle 23 00
John Dolan 130 00
W. A. Johnson 30 00
Mrs. Judd 70 00
E. J. Livingston 174 00
Frank McAvinue 51 80
D. I F. Spinney ... 15 00
G. B. Wilson 2 00
— 659 55
Medicines :
To Charles E. Carter 15 58
Ellingwood& Co 49
Johnson & Johnson 76 80
92 87
Sundries :
App. Health Office 42 85
Fred A. Bates 39 50
Mrs. Manuel Perry 20 00
102 35
$1 010 02
HEALTH, CREMATOR CONSTRUCTION.
Appropriation $10,000 00
$10,000 00
Balance undrawn Dec. 31, 1904 . . . $10,000 00
$10,000 00
68 auditor's report.
HEATING CITY HALL AND MEMORIAL
BUILDING, LABOR.
Appropriation $3,000 00
$3,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 2,984 00
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 16 00
$3,000 00
UW J *i'«l
HEATING CITY HALL AND MEMORIAL
BUILDING, FUEL.
Appropriation $3,000 00
Additional Appropriation 1,300 00
$4,300 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Edward Cawley 3,968 16
D. W. Home & Son 34 13
Lowell Coal Co 297 71
$4,300 00
HEATING CITY HALL AND MEMORIAL
BUILDING. SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $600 00
Additional Appropriation 44 38
$644 38
AUDITOR S REPORT.
69
HEATING CITY HALL AND MEMORIAL BUILDING
SUNDRIES— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
Repairs on Heating Apparatus :
App. Water Works
Boutwell Bros
H. R. Barker Mfg. Co
Harry S. Drury
Farrell & Conaton
D. J. Leary
. Lubron Mfg. Co
Star Brass Mfg. Co
Scannell Boiler Works
Welch Bros
Oil, Waste, etc. :
To Boston Engineers Supply Co. .
C. B. Coburn Co
H. C. Girard
Kelty Bros
Smith & Lawrence
Hardware, etc. :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
W. T. S. Bartlett
Carroll Bros
E. P. Flanders & Co
H. C. Girard
Smith & Lawrence
Thompson Hardware Co
Sundries :
App. School Houses, Labor and
Material
Derby & Morse
Man. & Con. Express Co
Pratt & Forrest
Daniel T. Sullivan
Tucke & Parker
Henry F. Whiting
14
25
1
20
11
G5
1
50
2
65
52
57
7
64
27
11
6
52
355
75
47
98
24
02
4
05
60
1
88
9
00
4 25
1
00
2
00
1
25
75
1
86
41
38
15
60
15
1
30
1
50
4
22
75
480 84
78 53
20 11
64 90
$644 38
70 auditor's report.
HUNTINGTON HALL.
Appropriation $4,900 00
$4,900 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 1,688 09
1,688 09
Water :
App. Water Works 61 49
61 49
Fuel :
To Edward Cawley 823 45
Lowell Coal Co.... 93 80
917 25
Rent :
To B. & M. R. R 750 00
750 00
Lighting :
To Lowell Gas Light Co 21 69
Lowell Electric Light Corp. .. 555 50
577 19
Hardware, etc. :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co. 4 90
P. J. Gusty & Co 4 50
Thompson Hardware Co 35
9 75
Pipe Fittings, etc. :
So H. R. Barker Mfg. Co 4 74
John H. Barry 44 00
J. D. Danahy 15 32
H. J. Fitzpatrick 45 60
Fitzpatrick & Welch 4 50
George P. Green 12 87
C. F. Hoisington & Son 2 10
W. A. Mack & Co 96
Middlesex Machine Co 36 73
Welch Bros 165 77
C. Zimmer 50
i#*#$ * 333 09
Amount carried forward $4,336 86
AUDITORS REPORT.
71
HUNTINGTON HALL, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward $4,336 8G
Painters' Supplies :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co. 2 85
C. B. Coburn Co 32 61
Lowell Polish Co 14 50
Willard W. Morrison 3 75
53 71
Sundries :
To F. M. Bill & Co 2 08
Bon Marche 50
Derby & Morse 1 50
Eagle Electric Co. 115 95
Goldena Mfg. Co 18 00
A. W. Lewis & Co 11 50
G. C Prince & Son 7 50
Talbot Dye & Chemical Co. . . 5 03
J. H. Walker 3 45
165 51
__
4,556 08
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 343 92
$4,900 00
RIFLE RANGE JANITOR.
Appropriation $456 25
$456 25
72 auditor's report.
RIFLE RANGE— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
To Frank Burns 76 75
C. L. Faneuf , ..: 11 88
P. Grady 225 00
J. Murray 77 50
Waldo F. Miles .. 65 00
456 13
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 12
$456 25
RIFLE RANGE TAXES.
Appropriation $87 96
$87 96
EXPENDITURES.
To Town of Dracut, tax of 1904. . 79 45
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 8 51
87 96
RIFLE RANGE TARGETS, PASTERS, SUPPLIES.
Appropriation $84 88
$84 88
EXPENDITURES.
To W. T. S. Bartlett 1 23
Kelley & Brennan 18 36
Amount carried forward $ 19 59
auditor's report. 73
RIFLE RANGE— Continued.
Amount brought forward $ 19 59
Kelty Bros 50
Lull & Hartford 57 95
C. H. May & Co 3 74
Thompson Hardware Co 1 85
83 63
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 1 25
$84 88
RIFLE RANGE REPAIRS.
Appropriation $70 91
Additional Appropriation . 75
$71 66
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor ... 30 75
App. School Houses Labor. . . 4 66
E. P. Flanders & Co 81
A. W. Lewis & Co 35 44
$71 66
RIFLE RANGE, IMPROVEMENTS AT RANGE.
Appropriation $300 00
$300 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor. . . . 101 48
App. School Houses, Work
and Material..... 39 33
App. Public Buildings, Material 2 10
P. P. Conners & Co 29 10
Amount carried forward. . $172 01
74
AUDITOR S REPORT.
RIFLE RANGE— Continued.
Amount brought forward $ 172 01
Eagle Electric Co.
A. W. Lewis & Co
Lull & Hartford
A. L. Ready & Son
Thompson Hardware Co ....
Wm. H. Wiggin
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund
INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation $2,750 00
53 23
2 00
12 00
20 44
3 30
36 96
2QQ 94
06
EXPENDITURES.
Stationery, Printing, Typewriting,
etc. :
To Frances E. Andrews.
Courier-Citizen Co
Daily Mail Publishing Co. . . .
Helen A. Dimon. ...
Dumas & Co
Libby Printing Co
Lowell Sun
M. A. Ordway
G. C. Prince & Son
Sunday Telegiam
Union Printing Co.
Entertainments and Refreshments
To Merrimac House
New American
D. L. Page Co
F. E. Putnam
Waverly Hotel
5
00
92
90
12
55
14
72
252
58
198
68
26
60
28
00
425
22
3
53
284
50
25
80
13
00
18
60
10
90
145
00
$300 00
,-, ^■.-m.,al. *.-*.*. i — nfei
$2,750 00
1,344 28
213 30
Amount carried forward $1,557 58
auditor's report. 75
INCIDENTALS— Continued.
Amount brought forward $1,557 58
Carriage hire :
To Joseph Albert 8 00
George Chapman 3 50
F. F. McNulty.... 20 00
Morse Coach Co 4 00
J. H. Sparks 27 00
62 50
Sundries :
To American Express Co . 5 50
John F. Conners 158 00
Commonwealth of Mass 1 00
M. G.Gardner 493 00
Alvin Lawrence 50 00
J. A. Mercier 37 28
J. F. McElholm G 00
Middlesex Safe Deposit and
Trust Co 50 00
W. G. Page 2 75
Charles F. Young & Co 150 00
953 53
2,573 Gl
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 176 39
$2,750 00
INSURANCE.
Appropriation $5,474 14
$5,474 14
EXPENDITURES.
To Frank M. Brogan 67 00
Brown & Dewar 180 28
Joseph A. Bruley 94 00
Amount carried forward $341 28
7(5
AUDITOR S REPORT.
INSURANCE— Continued.
Amount brought forward
Fred C. Church
Geo. B. Coburn
Arthur L. Gray
Geo. D. Kimball
Thos. C. Lee & Co ..........
Ezra E. Mansur
Geo. E. Metcalf & Co
Henry Miller & Co
N. G. Norcross
Jas. Murphy & Son
Joseph Peabody, Agent.
Eugene G. Russell
Smith & Cavanaugh. ...
E. M. Tucke
Graham R. Whidden
Herbert A. Wright
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund
$ 341 28
Appropriation
Additional Appropriation.
2,200 91
120 78
56 00
120 78
480 78
73 78
180 28
120 78
530 28
120 78
V
461 78
47 CO
94 00
123 78
-
120 78
94 00
5 287 77
186 37
$5,474 14
*IES.
$4,826 00
2 01
$4,828 01
EXPENDITURES.
To William A. Hogan 3,000 00
App. of Police Salaries and
Labor, Services of M. E.
McDonald 1,200 01
Frances E. Andrews 628 00
LAW SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $800 00
$4,828 01
$S00 00
auditor's report. 77
LAW, SUNDRIES— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
Books, Stationery, Printing, etc. :
To Courier-Citizen Co 3 00
Dumas & Co 1 50
H. C. Kittredge 55
Thomas H. Lawler 7 50
Lawler Printing Co 8 50
Lawyers Co-operation Publish-
ing Co 26 00
Little, Brown & Co 28 70
G. C. Prince & Son 26 60
Review & Record Co 5 00
Wylie & Sanborn . 1 88
Sampson, Murdock & Co 3 00
Smith Premier Typewriter Co. 1 50
Frank Shepard & Co 3 00
Edward Thompson & Co 22 50
Union Printing Co 19 60
158 83
Professional Services and Witness
Fees :
To William A. Hogan 285 50
Francis W. Qua 91 85
George F. Stiles 16 00
Transportation, Carriage hire, etc. :
To American Express Co 85
G. W. Chapman 1 50
O. P. Davis 67 00
Keefe & Horan 2 00
Morse Coach Co 10 60
J. H. Sparks 62 70
Telephone, etc. :
To N. E. T. & T. Co 7 30
W. U. T. Co 66
393 35
144 65
7 96
Amount carried forward $ 704 79
78 auditor's report.
LAW, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward . $704 79
Sundries :
To Frances E. Andrews 2 55
J. D. Bartley 1 50
A. G. Pollard & Co . . .' 15
A. H. Sanborn & Co 5 25
9 45
714 24
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 85 76
$8U0 00
LIBRARY.
Appropriation $16,000 00
$16,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Trustees City Library $16,000 00
$16,000 00
LIGHTING STREETS.
Appropriation $101,645 00
$101,645 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 1,008 00
Lowell Electric Light Corp. . . 63,327 75
Lowell Gas Light Co. , Gas . . . 105 6(^
Welsbach St. Lighting Co. of
A., Gas 25,577 47
Welsbach St. Lighting Co. of
A., Gasoline 11,182 51
101,201 39
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 443 61
$101,645 00
auditor's report. 79
LIGHTING PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Appropriation $30 00
$30 00
$30 00
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
To Lowell Gas Light Co 20 34
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 9 66
MM
LIGHTING, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $300 00
EXPENDITURES.
To B. & M. R. R., Tickets 20 00
Buckland Printing Co 2 50
Butterfield Printing Co ... 8 00
O. P. Davis 4 00
Thos. H. Lawler . 3 35
Lowell Gas Light Co 83 88
G. C. Prince & Son 10 00
Waverly Hotel 13 00
Welch Bros 2 64
147 37
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 152 63
$300 00
80 auditor's report.
LIGHTING, NEW LIGHTS.
Appropriation $300 00
$300 00
Returned to General Treasury
Fund 300 00
$300 00
LIQUOR LICENSES.
Appropriation $43,250 00
$43,250 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Commonwealth of Mass 42,974 00
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 276 00
$43,250 00
PARKS, SALARIES AND LABOR.
Appropriation $9,000 00
Additional Appropriation 1 38
$9,001 38
EXPENDITURES.
To Charles A. Whittet, Supt 1,199 96
Sundry Persons for Labor. . . . 7,249 43
App. for Engineering 61 24
Geo. A. Nelson 16 25
A. Parsons •. 7 40
J. T. Williamson 17 10
8,551 38
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 450 00
$9,001 38
AUDITOR S REPORT.
81
PARKS, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $3,000 00
Additional Appropriation 450 00
Receipts App. Care of City Hall
Sundries 12 49
App. Parks, Care of Trees , , 82 10
$3,544 59
EXPENDITURES.
Lumber:
To Pratt & Forrest
Wm. H. Wiggin
Pipe Fittings, etc. :
To H. R. Barker Mfg. Co
Carroll Bros
Farrell & Conaton
Charles E. Gee ,
C. N. Rice & Son
Union Iron Foundry
H. H. Wilder & Co
Carriages, Harnesses, Repairs, etc. :
To Donovan Harness Co
F. B. Hill & Co
J. H. Laporte
Shoeing Horses :
To Cahill Bros
M. J. Cahill
Owen J. Carney
John J. Donnelly
Plants, Shrubs, Trees, Loam, etc. :
To Alphonse Bibeault
P . Conroy
Follansbee Nursery
J. J. McManmon
Amounts carried forward
53 31
100 06
88 88
4 00
133 21
31 95
1 55
62 30
11 06
27 20
78 05
27 19
11 20
20 75
19 00
25 00
23 85
25 31
33 75
100 75
153 37
332 95
132 35
75 95
$183 66
$694 62
82 auditor's report.
PARK SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $183 66 $694 62
P. O'Hearn
Reading Nursery
Schlegel & Fottler Co
Sherman & Martin
Whittet & Co
Burton H' Wiggins
Painters' Supplies :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
J. C. Bennett
C. B. Coburn Co
Talbot Dye & Chemical Co. . .
Hardware, etc. :
To C. Crevier ,
Boutwell Bros
F. W. Cheney & Co
E. P. Flanders & Co '
C. F. Keyes & Co
W. A. Mack & Co
Steel Basket Co
Thompson Hardware Co
Stationery, Printing, etc. :
To Bntterfield Printing Co
Colonial Press
Dumas & Co
Thomas H. Lawler
Libbey Printing Co
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co. . . .
Tilton & Co
Hay, Grain, etc. :
To Charles Dumas & Co
Fred A. Fox
Livingston Grain Co
T. J. McDonald
3
15
20
00
50
42
35
341
19
1
50
14
91
26
09
14
65
1
00
1
00
1
98
12
30
157
41
4
25
90
15
00
3
52
216
14
1
00
4
75
3
00
3
50
26
00
3
00
1
75
40
60
61
95
65
97
29
65
592 35
56 65
196 36
259 14
Amounts carried forward $198 17 $1,799 12
AUDITOR S REPORT.
83
PARK SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
Joseph Mullin
H. E. Noyes & Son
G. W. Trull
Paul Vigeant & Co
O. D. Wilder
Horses, Carriage hire, etc. :
App. Streets Sundries
C. H. Hanson & Co
Morse Coach Co
Sundries •
App. Water Works
4 ' Streets, Sundries
l% Sewer Maintenance, Sundries
" Engineering
American Express
George E. Bennett
B. & M. R. R ...
B. &N. St. Ry
F. M. Bill & Co
George Bowers
Boulger Shoe Co
Edward Cawley
Conners Bros
P. Conroy
C. T. Clifford
Bridget Cookin
R. J. Haight
A. N. Harmon
L. C. Hall
Fred E. Jones
Keefe & Horan
A. W. Lewis & Co
Lowell Electric Light Corp. . .
Joseph Mullin
N. E. T. & T. Co
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R...,
P. O'Hearn
Amounts carried forward
$198 17
1,799 12
59
32
43
70
113
35
15
31
25
32
51
96
175
80
1
50
30
24
57
71
22
00
136
46
1
15
2
13
42
35
100
00
3
75
2
15
4
25
36
80
33
25
5
32
13
50
2
13
1
00
2
70
116
32
165
00
2
00
53
95
8
63
7
72
15
85
1
28
116
60
455 07
229 26
$984 24 $2,483 45
84
auditor's report.
PARK SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
J. Peabody
A. Parsons
Victor Pihl
C. N. Rice & Son...
Robertson & Co ....
W. A. Sherman
Daniel T. Sullivan. . .
Charles A. Whittet .
James Welch
A. C. Wheelock
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund
$984 24 $2,483 45
28 80
2 30
65
15
50
3 50
31 60
2 04
25
7 00
1,061 03
3,544 48
11
$3,544 59
PARKS, CARE OF TREES.
Appropriation,
Receipts
$1,000 00
3 25
KXl'KNDITURKS,
$1,003 25
App. Parks Sundries
Sundry Persons for Labor
Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Butterfield Printing Co
J. C. .Bennett
Boutwell Bros
Courier-Citizen Co
C. B. Coburn Co
E. P. Flanders & Co
H. L. Gonzales
F. B. Hill & Co
Amount carried forward
82 10
451 58
27 75
1 25
37 45
2 84
7 50
26 34
79 35
5 75
206 85
$928 76
auditor's report 85
\
PARKS, CARE OF TREES— Continued.
Amount brought forward $928 76
C. F. Keyes 40 00
James F. Mooney 2 50
A. Parsons 4 90
Pratt & Forrest. 1 25
C. N. Rice & Son 3 35
Thompson Hardware Co. .... 11 28
Charles A. Whittet ' 1 95
999 99
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 3 26
$1,003 25
PARKS, MOTHS.
Appropriation $500 00
$500 00
Balance undrawn Dec. 31, 1904 . . . $500 00
$500' 00
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE,
SALARIES.
Appropriation $2,700 00
$2,700 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Charles E. Donlan, Supt 2,000 00
Edward O. Tabor, City Physi-
cian 233 33
Forster II. Smith, City Physi-
cian 466 67
$2,700 00
86
auditor's report.
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE,
LABOR.
Appropriation
Additional Appropriation.
$11,617 89
1,000 59
$12,618 48
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor.
12,618 48
$12,618 48
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE,
GRAIN, GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Appropriation $20,000 00
Additional Appropriation 3,882 02
Receipts App. Paupers, O. D. R.
General Sundries 8,636 00
App. Health Office Sundries 14 60
App. Health, Small Pox 94 76
EXPENDITURES.
$32,627 38
To C. M. Allen
Armour & Co
E. J. Barrett
James Boyle & Sons.
Owen E. Brennan . . .
-F. M. Bill & Co....
G. J. & D. Bradt . . .
Peter J. Brady
Breen Bros
M. Calnin
Central Cash Market
J. B. Cover & Co . . .
C. P. Comerford. . . .
Amount carried forward . .
97 82
78 75
9 50
285 62
164 57
1,733 09
39 94
1,326 62
48 45
22 14
29 12
62 50
245 30
$4,143 42
auditor's report. 87
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL^AND ALMSHOUSE, GRAIN,
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS— Continued.
Amount brought forward $4,143 42
Coffey Bros 4,958,86
C. G. Coburn 516,55
John P. Curley 11 18
M. Donovan & Co 21 75
S. K. Dexter 391 67
Hugh Duggan 7 50
F. L. Emerson 4 00
W. P. Foye 206 49
Thomas B. Fahey 1,334 27
James E. Freeman 169 45
Fleischmann & Co 141 30
Joseph Flynn 281 40
J. W. Green 93 25
Frank M. Harrington 34 00
G. H. Hammond & Co 61 20
Haynes & Bean Ill 05
J. S. Herrick 241 00
W. A. Ingham & Co ... 475 17
J. J. Johnson 45 00
Keefe Bros 60 95
Lee Bros 246 98
Lowell Packing & Provision
Co 4,601 03
Lowell Pharmacy 50
Mansfield, Witham & Co. ... 1,271 30
J. McGlinchey 145 10
M. McGlinchey 41 55
Joseph Mullin 51 00
A. E. Morse 47 25
A. L. Macrae 357 48
John J. McCann 30 30
McKinley Bros 10 25
T. J. McDonald 299 75
William J. Murphy 36 99
T. F. McKay 81 00
Carl Noyes 86 52
H. E. Noyes & Son 3,559 56
F. Murphy 90 00
Owen Nerney 27 85
Amount carried forward $24,293 87
88 auditor's report.
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE, GRAIN,
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS— Continued.
Amount brought forward $ 24,293 87
Oakdale Mfg. Co 105 00
P. J. O'Brien 146 02
O'Brien Bros 282 86
O'Donnell & Gilbride Co 139 90
John J. Payne 19 35
Pawtucketville Cash Grocery.. 326 16
Philbrick & Wood 221 38
A. G. Pollard & Co 182 42
C. F. Pihl 54 40
G. E. Putnam & Son 1,170 71
G. C. Prince & Son 2 00
D. L. Phillips 1 30
Fred H. Rourke 502 50
J. B. Sabre 9 75
John F. Saunders 232 80
T. E. Sheehan 91 60
Simpson & Rowland 650 40
E. M. Slayton & Co 163 04
T. A. D. Sullivan & Co 102 31
Swift & Co 120 00
Swift & Bailey . 3,065 03
E. Whitcomh 78 72
Charles W. Wilder 339 96
O. D. Wilder 325 90
$32,627 38
auditor's report. 89
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE,
SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $16,500 00
Additional Appropriation 5,864 17
Receipts App. Paupers O. D. R.
General Sundries 1,311 00
EXPENDITURES.
Fuel:
To John Brady .
Edward Cawlev
D. W. Home & Son
Home Coal Co
Lowell Coal Co
Joseph Mullin
F. Murphy
Daniel T. Sullivan
Water, Lighting, Telephone :
App. Water Works.
Lowell Electric Light Corp
Lowell Gas Light Co
N. E. T. & T. Co
Clothing, Dry Goods, etc.:
To Bon Marche
Boulger Shoe Co
Centralville Millinery Store. . .
J . L. Chalifoux
J. Drain
Patrick Fitzgibbon J .
Gilbride's "
James E. Gorman
James D. Haley
T. H. Kelley & Co
Kelley Bros
C. H. Kimball & Co
John J . Lonergan
Lowell One Price Clothing Co.
Amounts carried forward
$23,675 17
32 00
2,613 91
259 75
32 84
3,255 71
82 62
176 44
1,480 83
7,934 10
1,895 05
162 77
1,248 95
27 00
3,333 77
289 50
55 15
48 00
119 00
213 39
118 80
167 02
63 00
25 20
179 00
42 00
199 83
56 35
208 00
$1,784 24
$11,267 87
90
AUDITOR S REPORT.
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
Mass. State Prison
Mass. Reformatory
Merrimack Clothing Co. .....
F. R. McKinley
G'Donnell Dry Goods Co
Parthenais Bros
A, G. Pollard & Co
Putnam & Son Co
J. E. Shanley & Co
Sunlight Shoe Store
Talbot Clothing Co
Furniture, Repairs, etc. :
To W. F. Devlin
John J. Doherty & Co
Gookin Bros
James T. Henry & Co
Robertson & Co
H. C. McOsker
Hardware and Tools :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Boutwell Bros
W. T. S. Bartlett
Owen E. Brennan
John Callaghan
T. W. Cheney & Co
E. P. Flanders & Co
Hanscom Hardware Co
N. D. Lafleur
Phillips & Hill
Thompson Hardware Co
Pipe Fittings, etc. :
To American Safe and Lock
Works
Carroll Bros
Harry S. Drury
Amounts carried forward
$1,784 24 $11,267 87
636 60
150 00
130 25
50 75
23 92
13 65
201 *2
39 70
32 56
27 50
90 00
3,180 99
90 10
96 84
11 75
13 75
7 10
66 00
91 02
5 07
70
17 95
1 48
86 60
131 57
1 20
19 00
1 00
12 20
23 20
41 74
22 25
285 54
367 79
$87 19 $15,102 19
auditor's report. 91
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $87 19 $15,102 19
Doane Steam Pump Co 2 50
Empire Laundry Machinery
Co
Farrell & Conaton
Charles E. Gee
George P. Green
Locke Regulator Co
D. Leary
W. A. Mack & Co
W. McLarney & Co
W. M. McElholm
Scannell Boiler Works
Welch Bros
H. H. Wilder & Co
Lumber :
To Burnham & Davis Lumber Co.
Davis & Sargent Lumber Co. .
Pratt & Forrest
William H. Wiggin.
Painiers and Electricians Supplies :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Sylvester Bean
C. B. Coburn Co ....
F. M. Griffin & Co
A. L. Kittredge & Co
Willard W. Morrison
Smith & Lawrence
Stationery, Printing, etc. :
To J. Hary Boardman
Courier-Citizen Co
Daily Mail Publishing Co
Thomas H. Lawler
Osmond Long
Library Bureau
36
25
53
32
1
25
150
36
13
66
4 08
14
65
21
12
1
20
11
75
147
52
31
35
33
64
110
00
20
11
604
11
173
65
87
86
129
48
50
00
4
00
7
50
6
75
1
50
6 00
76
30
29
75
60
16
50
576 20
767 86
459 24
Amounts carried forward $130 65 $16,905 49
92
AUDITORS REPORT.
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co. . . .
Mason Work and Material :
To Mahan &' Meehan
D. T. Sullivan
Drugs, Medicines, etc. :
To Belvidere Family Drug Store.
F. H. Butler & Co
Charles E Carter
Carleton & Hovey
Columbiau Insecticide Co . . .
Concord Drug Store
P. Dempsey & Co
Davies, Rose & Co
P. H. Donohue & Co
Ellingwood & Co
Falls & Burkinshaw
Frye & Crawford
Edward Gallagher
Fred Howard
R. J. Lang & Co
Leach & Green
E. A. McQuade
Frank E. McNabb
E. T. McEvoy
W. H. Pearson
A. F. Story & Co
A. J. Swan
Talbot Dye & Chemical Co . .
H. L. Timmons
H. E. Webster & Co
Zopher Co
Carriages, Harnesses and Repairs
To A. L. Butman
Donovan Harness Co
Amounts carried forward
$130
65
$16,905 49
26
42
3
00
160 07
13
80
70
70
84 50
14
70
16
00
73
55
8
51
216
66
20 95
55
00
50 00
5
00
15
40
84
15
11
50
206
13
12
50
157
15
6
00
116
28
46
15
28
30
12
75
37
90
13
00
156
66
192
43
374
15
45 00
1,975 82
13
50
237
16
$250
66
$19,125 88
auditor's report. 93
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $250 66 $19,125 88
F. B. Hill & Co
P. A. MacKenzie
H. J. O'Dowd
M. T. Rafferty
Sawyer Carriage Co
W. H. Ward
Shoeing Horses :
To James Blakely
Cahill Bros
M. J. Cahill
Owen J. Carney
T. J. Donnelly
C. Desmond
M. J. Haggerty
A. D. Mitten
Henry Reynolds
Sundries :
To C. M. Allen
American Express Co
Automatic Time Stamp Co
F..M. Bill & Co
B. & M. R. R
Peter J. Brady
Buckley Bros
J. E. Buerk
John J. Cluin
C. G. Coburn
J. B. Cover & Co
John Cross
Cypher Incubator Co
Joseph Dextra
Charles M. Dickey
W. A. Dickinson
C. A. Donlan
Joseph Fay
33
25
21
70
156
50
75
00
52
67
22
00
1
75
10
40
12
85
37
50
52
05
81
00
10
75
2
25
40
30
2
50
5
55
3
00
14 30
133
20
105
83
67
65
1
80
2
50
203
25
9
50
30 00
1
20
4
80
12 50
228
24
28
00
28
38
611 78
248 85
Amounts carried forward $882 20 $19,986 51
94
auditor's report.
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
William P. Foye .'.
James E. Freeman
Daniel Gage
H. L. Gonzales
J. W. Green
Greenwood Bros. ,
Charles T. Haskell
C. F. Hatch & Co
Joseph Hebert. . .
J. Edward Hoole
George E. Hutchins
W. A. Ingham Co
J. B. A. Johnson
William Jones
Thomas H. Kelley
E. Kemp
Leach & Green
Lowell Rubber Co
A. L. Macrae
J. J. Magee
Man. & Con. Express Co.
Mellin Loan Office
Middlesex Ice Co
J. Murkland & Son
William J . Murphy
P. H. McCarthy
J.J. McManmon
McKinley Bros
Charles E. Munn
John F. Mc Aside
Frank Notini
National Thermometer Co
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
O'Brien Bros
O'Donnell Bros
John Powell
J. Quirbach
Harry T. Richardson
Ring Music Co
Amounts carried forward
$882 20 $19,986 51
123 15
9 15
83 72
2 70
4 72
82 13
1 80
4 00
66 00
88 65
43 33
49 50
9 00
5 00
36 00
25 00
3 00
1 80
26 22
-
3 25
30
15 00
206 82
70 34
3 25
77 00
60 68
3 60
8 00
160 00
266 00
36 25
88
132 09
120 00
3 00
76 00
1 05
1 50
$2,792 08
$19,986 51
auditor's report. 95
LOWELL CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amaunts brought forward $2,792 08 $19,986 51
Randlett Bros 1 25
Rice& Co 8 00
A. P. Robertson 6 00
Robertson & Bartlett 280 80
Robertson & Co 8 00
Henry Shaw ' 2 15
W. A. Sherman 3 00
E. M. Slayton & Co 94 88
Simpson & Rowland 91 75
Town of Chelmsford 66 00
Talbot Dye & Chemical Co. . . 11 90
Ernest Towle 22 00
H. H. Wilder 8 50
Wright & Taylor 95 90
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co. . . 45
Whitman & Pratt Rendering
Co 196 00
3,688 66
$23,675 17
PAUPERS, OUT-DOOR RELIEF, SALARIES.
Appropriation $3,785 00
$3,785 00
EXPENDITURES
To Martin J. Courtney, Secretary, 1,800 00
James F. Walsh, Clerk 144 26
Nellie A. Keyes, Clerk 945 70
John F. Courtney, Clerk 160 65
William H. Gallagher, Clerk. 734 39
3,785 00
96
AUDITOR S REPORT.
PAUPERS, OUT-DOOR RELIFF, OFFICE SUNDRIES
AND TRANSPORTATION.
Appropriation
Additional Appropriation. .
$800 00
25 86
EXPENDITURES.
Stationery, Printing, Posting, etc.
To J. D. Bartley
Carter's Ink Co
Courier-Citizen Co
H. C. Derby
Dumas & Co
Hobbs & Warren Co.
Thomas H. Lawler
Lawler Printing Co
Libby Printing Co
Lyon Platinum Pen Co
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co.
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co. . .
The Dodge Co
Sundries :
To American Express Co
B. & M. R. R
M. J. Courtney
Franklin Hotel
Gilbride's
Morse Coach Co
N. E. T. & T. Co
J. F. O'Donnell & Sons , ...
O'Sullivan Bros. Co
J. H. Sparks
Fannie S. White
W. U. Telegraph Co
3 50
38
16 25
5 55
19 25
6 50
2 40
36 00
23 00
6 00
2 78
9 50
6 00
1 50
70
389 26
212 90
3 25
35
1 75
5 05
30 50
1 50
9 50
31 00
1 49
$825 86
138 61
687 25
$825 86
AUDITOR S REPORT.
97
PAUPERS, OUT-DOOR RELIEF, GENERAL
SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $39,000 00
Additional Appropriation 9,359 95
Receipts, App. Soldiers Relief. ... 77 80
Sundry Persons 58 40
48,496 15
EXPENDITURES.
Ambulance Drivers :
To J. J. Cuff
J. F. Geoghegan
M. J. Gray
M. F. McDermott
G. B. McKenna
J. McGlynn
D. Shea
Ambulance Surgeon :
To Patrick E. Sullivan
Water, Lighting and Telephone :
App. Water Works
Lowell Gas Light Co
N. E. T. & T. Co........
W. U. Telegraph Co
Hay, Grain, etc. :
To George M. Foster
W. P. Foye& Co
Joseph. Mullin.
Paul Vigeant & Co
Shoeing Horses :
To Cahill Bros
M. J. Cahill
Owen J. Carney
Henry Reynolds
Amount carried forward
60 00
784 29
705 00
724 29
784 29
784 29
705 00
600 00
18
00
38
79
39
69
1
00
31
05
744
76
30
75
64 86
30
00
13
30
39
75
43
55
4,547 16
600 00
97 48
.871 42
126 60
$6,242 66
98
AUDITOR S REPORT.
PAUPERS, OUT-DOOR RELIEF, GENERAL
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward $G,242 66
Repairing Carriages and Harnesses :
To A. L. Butman
Charles Crevier
Donovan Harness Co
H. J. O'Dowd
Sawyer Carriage Co
J. H. Sparks
k t
Veterinary :
To A. W. Baker
W. A. Sherman
Sundries :
App. School Houses, Labor
Public Buildings, Carpenters,
Painters, etc
C. B. Coburn Co
F. W. Cheeney & Co
John P. Curley
Daniel Gage
George E. Hutchins
Keefe Bros
Merrimack Steam Laundry ....
McNabb Bros
Joseph Mullin
N. E. Steam Laundry
T. Murphy
J. H. Sparks
Dispensary, Clerk :
To Edwin F. Mason 1,046 67
5
60
51
15
177
15
31
10
112
36
25
6
00
3
00
5
50
186
10
2
23
3
00
3
90
4
70
6 05
4
20
7
75
25
41
402
12
13
44
91
50
104
15
Dispensary, Supplies :
To Belvidere Family Drug Store. . 75 00
F. H. Butler & Co. . . '. 3 00
Concord Drug Store 55 09
377 61
9 00
860 05
7,489 32
1,046 67
Amounts carried forward $133 09 $8,535 99
AUDITOR S REPORT.
99
PAUPERS, OUT-DOOR RELIEF, GENERAL
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward. . . .
Carter & Sherburne. ......
Clinton Mfg. Co
Charles E. Carter
A. W. Dows & Co
Peter H. Donohue
Ellingwood & Co
Falls & Burkinshaw
W. A. Ingham Co
Albert Johnson
J. B. A. Johnson
R. J. Lang & Co
Lowell Pharmacy
E. A. McQuade
Frank E. McNabb
A. F. Story & Co
Simpson & Rowland*. . . .
Zopher Co
Physicians :
To John F. Boyle
P. Brunelle
Charles M. Frye
T. J. Halloran
A. J. Halpin
J. E. Leary
J. N. Marston
O. P. Porter
M. Trudeau
Stationery, Printing, etc. :
To Butterfield Printing Co. . .
Courier-Citizen Co
Dumas & Co
T. H. Lawler
Osmond Long
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co.
F. A. M. Tobin
Amounts carried forward
$133 09 $8,535 99
1 27
24 00
111 00
85.08
26 00
132 83
50
17 86
12 00
84 90
245 44
12 00
147 94
7 25
32 85
15 65
25 91
1,115 57
228 30
226 03
16 65
227 68
351 28
208 92
40 00
285 61
5 00
4 25
4 50
8 25
6 00
7 00
2 00
3 00
43 50
1,589 47
78 50
$1 1,319*53
100
AUDITOR S REPORT.
PAUPERS, OUT-DOOR RELIEF, GENERAL
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward
Interments :
App. Public Buildings, Bills for
Materials
App. Public Buildings, Labor
App. Public Buildings, Carpenters,
Painters, etc
App. School Houses v Labor
App. School Houses, Work and
Material
Joseph Albert
Amedee Archambault
Napoleon Bilodeau
Peter Davey
Horace Ela
John J. Higgins
J. H. McDermott
J. W T . McKenna
Charles H. Molloy
J. J. 0'Connell& Co
J. F. O'Donnell & Sons
Peter H. Savage
John A. Weinbeck ...
Support out of Almshouse:
City of Beverly
Boston. '.
Cambridge
Chelsea
Fall River
Haverhill
Holyoke
Lawrence
Lynn
Maiden
Newburyport
New Bedford
North Adams
Salem
Somerville
Amounts carried forward
$11,319 53
47
50
19
50
117
50
81
00
79
38
46
00
34
00
4 00
3
00
6 00
11 50
19 00
2 00
49 00
15 00
31 00
45 00
5 00
110
60
264
45
3
50
8 50
74
40
105
65
98
05
583
70
152
58
16
00
240
85
64
55
43
30
536
54
38
05
$2,340 72 $11,934 91
AUDITOR S REPORT.
101
PAUPERS, OUT-DOOR RELIEF, GENERAL
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
$2,340
72
$11,934 91
27
113
40
57
207
52
96
26
45
50
Woburn
Town of Andover
60
00
Billerica
46
331
84
00
69
26
Chelmsford
Salisbury ....
22
00
Sturbridsre
81
245
80
25
11
75
O
3,738 47
Hospitals, etc. :
58
00
Children's Home
9
2,625
00
09
Commonwealth of Mass
640
72
Hospital Cottages for Children
339
84
Lowell Hospital Association. .
327
36
Mass. Hospital for Dipsoman-
iacs and Inebriates
276
33
Mass. Hospital for Epileptics.
Mass. School for the Feeble-
1,028
68
, \
1,260
93
Mass. State Sanitorium
69
87
Perkins Institute and Mass.
School for the Blind
59
99
St. John's Industrial School.. .
40
00
St. Peter's Orphan Asylum . . .
Ststers of Cnarity, Lawrence. .
2,145
8
1,623
510
97
00
00
30
Sistejs of Charity, Salem
Worcester Insane Hospital. . . ,
142
175
50
52
80
00
11,421 10
Amount carried forward
$27,094 48
102
AUDITOR S REPORT.
PAUPERS, OUT-DOOR RELIEF, GENERAL
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
$27,094 48
Cash Allowances
4,573 03
Provisions, Fuel, etc., on orders:
App. Lowell City Hospital and
Almshouse, Provisions. . . 8,636 00
App. Lowell City Hospital and
Almshouse, Sundries 1,311 00
Boulger Shoe Co 7 25
J. H. Beaulieu 3 00
E. J. Barrett 99 00
Margaret Blackburn 33 00
Breen Bros. 141 00
W. II. Brown 21 00
J. H. Burke 54 00
Peter J. Brady 18 00
George Campbell 9 00
Central Cash Market 72 00
Humphrey Coffey 105 00
A. J . C onant 6 00
J. H. Corbett 39 00
C. G. Coburn 21 00
J. A. Daly 39 00
P. H. Daley 12 00
D. J. Donovan 207 00
C. F. Devno 12 00
P. Duggan & Son 36 00
Joseph Eno 12 00
George Fairburn 9 00
Family Supply Co 22 50
H. J. Farrell 3 00
Furlong Bros 72 00
J. E. Freeman 174 00
P. Gillogly 9 00
Mrs. J. J. Gilbride 3 00
Harry Gray 27 00
M. W. Hale 36 00
Harry Hanson. ...•••• 9 00
J. S. Herrick 18 00
Highland Grocery 6 00
Amounts carried forward $11,281 75
4,573 03
$31,667 51
auditor's report.
103
PAUPERS, OUT-DOOR RELIEF, GENERAL
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $11,281 75 $31,667 51
F. H. Hodges 24 00
S. P. Hebert 21 00
Keefe Bros 129 00
H. J. Keyes 102 00
Abraham Langlois 3 00
P. Lanard 3 00
Michael Lafleur 3 00
Lowell One Price Clothing Co. 2 38
Thomas G. Lyons 27 00
Anthony McCarron 3 00
Merrimack Clothing Co 54 79
P. Manning. 27 00
Ed. Martin 54 00
J. J. McCann 36 00
F. J. McCarthy 38 50
John McCullough 18 00
M. McGlinchey 102 00
T. F. McSorley 39 00
J. H. Murray 42 00
J. McGlinchey 63 00
Malo Bros 3 00
J. J. McCausland & Co 6 00
Mrs. P. Manning 3 00
M. Murphy 9 00
N. E. Market 6 00
Wm. Nelligan 99 00
O'Donnell Bros 3 00
O'Sullivan Bros. Co 11 75
Pawtucketville Cash Grocery. 9 00
C. Picard 3 00
S. Renaud, Jr 12 00
J. B. Richardson & Sons 51 00
Anthony Robinson 21 00
J. F. Saunders 54 00
J. R. Towle 3 00
J. J. Stack 3 00
John J. Sullivan 12 00
W. W. Thibodeau 3 00
Union Market 240 00
Amounts carried forward $12,625 17 $31,667 51
104
AUDITOR S REPORT.
PAUPERS, OUT-DOOR RELIEF, GENERAL
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
Walker & Thompson
Charles E. Walsh
Sundries :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
American Express Co ,
Kate Bailey
Mrs, E. M. Berry
Belknap & Lamb
B. R. Benner
Boulger Shoe Co
C. B. CoburnCo
P. Coleman
Daniel Danahy
George Dion
J. J. Donohoe
Thomas Donohoe
Mrs. R. A. Dunham
Gilbride's
Gilmore Electric Co
Mrs. Gillick.
H. L. Gonzales
P. Hickey
Mrs. M. Kenyon
Thomas G. Little
A. Leblanc
Lowell Coal Co
Lowell Electric Light Corp. . .
Libby Printing Co
A. W. Lewis & Co
Mrs. James Lynch
Joseph Mullin
Morse Coach Co
O'Sullivan Bros. Co ... ,
G. C. Prince & Son ..'...
A. G. Pollard & Co
John P. Quinn
H. O. Robinson
Flora Ross
Amounts brought forward
$12,625
17
$31,667 51
63
00
9
00
12,697 17
15
00
50
13
00
34
50
12
65
25
00
2
00
15
5
50
4 00
2
00
528
00
6
00
12 00
12
94
20
00
19
00
7
65
528
00
4
07
4
00
503
15
1,308
36
40
05
35
00
44
31
100
00
10
80
1
50
1
25
2
00
5
00
40 00
15
20
3
00
$ 3,365
58
$44,364 68
auditor's report 105
PAUPERS, OUT-DOOR RELIEF, GENERAL
SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $3,365 58 $44,364 68
G. G. Read 9 00
C. N. Rice& Co 1 00
J. H. Sparks 2 00
Daniel T. Sullivan 196 45
Sunlight Shoe Store. . : 9 00
R. L. Stevens 20 00
F. A. M. Tobin 17 50
E. W. Trull 137 94
M. G. Wight & Co 7 00
Fannie S. White 366 00
4,131 47
$48,496 15
POLICE, SALARIES, POLICE BOARD AND CLERK.
Appropriation $5,000 00
$5,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Frank B. Dovv, Chairman 1,200 00
Fisher H. Pearson 1,000 00
Harry R. Rice 430 56
Laforest Beals 569 44
Joseph Smith, Clerk 1,800 00
$5,000 00
POLICE, SALARIES AND LABOR.
Appropriation. $132,461 25
Receipts, App. Care City Hall,
Police Officer 1,006 50
App. Law Salaries 1,200 01
$134,667 76
106 auditor's report.
POLICE, SALARIES AMD LABOR— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
To William B. Moffatt, Supt 2,000 00
William R. Kew, Deputy Supt. 1,500 00
Redmond Welch, Deputy Supt. 1,500 00
Michael J. Burns, Electrician. 1,500 00
John E. Maguire, Constable. . 906 25
Lillie S. Cutler, Clerk 106 00
Emma V. Vining, Clerk 468 00
A. M. Wood 36 00
Sundry Persons, Police Officers 123,794 96
Sundry Persons, Pension 670 92
1- 132,482 13
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 2,185 63
$134,66? 76
POLICE, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $5,500 00
Additional Appropriation 1,600 00
$7,100 00
EXPENDITURES.
Water, Lighting and Telephone
App. Water Works
Lowell Electric Light Corp
Lowell Gas Light Co
N. E. T. & T.Co
W. U. Tel. Co
Hardware, etc. :
To E. P. Flanders & Co
H. C. Girard
Thompson Hardware Co. .
161
64
270
63
276
29
316
13
1
91
8
40
26
27
59
32
1,026 60
93 99
Amount carried forward $1,120 59
auditor's report. 107
POLICE, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward
Expenses of Offices :
To John Freeman
William B. Moffatt
Fuel:
To John T. Brennan
Edward Cawley
Lowell Coal Co
Pipe Fittings, etc. :
To Boutwell Bros
W. A. Mack & Co
Pevey Bros
D. H. Wilson & Co....
Station Supplies :
To Owen E. Brennan
G. J. & D. Bradt
Carleton & Hovey
C. B. Coburn Co
Ellingwood & Co
Electric Gas Lighting Co
Edes Mfg. Co
James E. Freeman
Daniel Gage
Fred Howard
C. F. Hoisington & Son.
Keefe Bros
R. J. Lang & Co
Mitchell, Wing & Co...
W. A. Maguire & Co. . .
Charles E. Perry & Co. .
Simpson & Rowland. . . .
S. W. Wiggin
Amount carried forward $2.972 99
$1,120 59
1
10
186
89
187 QQ
1
50
620
10
451
32
1,072 92
25
07
18
00
30 00
4
00
77 07
6
60
32
40
10
16
40
9
93
50
40
185
00
6
15
54
90
8
60
50
85
85
3
75
12
50
123
30
19
2 (
514 42
108 auditor's report.
POLICE, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $2,972 99
Stationery, Printing, etc. :
To J. Harry Boardman.
Buckland Printing Co
Carter's Ink Co
Courier-Citizen Co
Daily Mail Publishing Co
Dumas & Co
J. M. Fellows
J.H. B.Fogg
Thomas H. Lawler.
Lepine & Co
Lowell Sun.
National Publishing Co
G. C. Prince & Son
Sampson, Murdock & Co
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.
The Boston Book Co
Cloth, Buttons, Insignia, etc. :
To Rafael Mastrangialo ....
A. G, Pollard & Co
Nicholas Seroghan
Waierbury Button Co. . . ,
Wendell Fay & Co
Furniture, Repairs, etc. :
To Gookin Bros
L. W. Hawkes & Co....
O'Donnell & Gilbride Co
Hay, Grain, etc. :
To J. B. Cover & Co
Charles Dumas & Co. . . .
W. P. Foye
Fred A. Fox
George M. Foster
Joseph Mullin
H. E. Noyes & Son
1
50
4
00
2
20
222
05
16
50
32
50
10 00
1
96
23
30
12
60
19
50
3
00
210
78
12
00
3
50
2
00
3
00
13
75
2
12
48
13
199
87
17
25
2
50
90
137
33
2
70
2
60
105
30
185
52
GO
75
104
00
577 39
266 87
20 65
Amounts carried forward $598 20 $3,837 90
AUDITORS REPORT.
109
POLICE, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $598 20
Edward W. Trull 113 40
O. D. Wilder 6 95
Carriages, Harnesses and Repairing :
To Robert Barris 25
Donovan Harness Co 21 65
Thomas J. Goyette 15 00
J. H. Laporte '. . . . 24 85
H. J. O'Dowd 3 00
Salois & Leith 214 35
J. H. Sparks 25 00
Shoeing Horses:
To M. J. Cahill 11 10
Cahill Bros 11 70
Owen J. Carney 26 75
John J, Donnelly 56 50
Laundering :
To Lowell Laundry 5 83
McNabb Bros 11 57
Transportation, Carriage hire, etc. :
To American Express Co 4 35
B. & M. R. R 22 35
Man. & Con. Express Co 30
Morse Coach Co 8 00
N. Y. B. Despatch Express Co. 1 10
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.... 4 24
Sundries •
App. Public Buildings, Carpenters,
Painters, etc
David Benoit
F. M. Bill & Co
W. P. Brazer & Co
M. J. Burns
C. H. Clapp & Co
Amounts carried forward
10 11
00
00
25
6 20
175 00
$3,837 90
718 55
304 10
106 05
17 40
40 34
$198 56 $5,024 34
110
auditor's report.
POLICE, SUNDRIES
Amounts brought forward
J. B. Cover & Co
Crown Studio
O. P. Davis
W. E. Decrow
Derby & Morse
William Downs
Foote, Pierson & Co
J. B. Goodwin
B. J. Gagnon
Kelty Bros
Keefe & Horan
Thomas F. Lacey
Marion
W. M. Morrison
R. T. Mower
Neostyle Co
J. J. Norton
Redding, Baird & Co
Seaver Radford Co
J. H. Sparks .-
The Okinite Co
Talbot Dye. & Chemical Co.
Tucke & Parker
H. H. Whitlock
Waverly Hotel
C. Zimmer
W. Zimmer
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund
— Continued.
$198 56 $5,024 34
3
78
7
90
'
5
00
49
62
28
64
>
20
00
5
00
4
15
4
00
05
12
00
20
00
55
00
3
75
3
50
5
00
1
75
11
76
5
00
8
00
1,417
71
165
78
9
70
5
00
21 00
2
05
1
30
2,075 00
7,099 34
66
7,100 00
UNDERGROUND WIRES, POLICE DEPARTMENT,
Appropriation.
$2,000 00
$2,000 00
auditor's report. Ill
UNDERGROUND WIRES, POLICE DEP'T.— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
To W. E. Decrow 380 00
H. C. Girard 11 40
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.... 5 32
N. E. T. & T. Co 673 13
Pevey Bros 1 25
Salois & Leith 9 50
Welch Bros 192 21
1,272 81
Balance to 1905 727 19
$2,0 00 00
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SALARIES.
Appropriation $2,268 00
$2,268 00
"expenditures.
To J. B. Conlon, Superintendent, 1,230 00
John J. O'Connor, « 570 00
Joseph F. Roarke, Clerk 468 00
$2,268 00
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, JANITOR AT POLICE STATION.
Appropriation $912 50
$912 50
EXPENDITURES.
App. Public Buildings, Carpenters,
Painters, etc 145 00
J. Donahue 767 50
$912 50
112 REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ASSISTANT JANITOR AT
POLICE STATION.
Appropriation $821 25
$821 25
EXPENDITURES.
App. Public Buildings, Carpenters,
Painters, etc 130 50
Sundry Persons, Labor 688 47
818 97
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 2 28
$821 25
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, JANITOR AT MEMORIAL
BUILDING.
Appropriation $702 00
$702 00
EXPENDITURES.
App. Public Buildings, Carpenters,
Painters, etc 112 50
Sundry Persons, Labor. 589 50
$702 00
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, CARPENTERS,
PAINTERS, ETC.
Appropriation $7,000 00
Amount carried forward $7,000 00
AUDITORS REPORT.
113
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, CARPENTERS, PAINTERS,
ETC. — Continued.
Amount brought forward $7,000 00
Receipts, App. Schools 77 52
App.Paupers O. D. R.Gen'l Sundries 323 10
App. Public Buildings, Almshouse
Repairs 10 94
App. Public Buildings, Repairing
Palmer St. Engine House 389 18
App. Public Buildings, Janitor at
Police Station 145 00
App. Public Buildings, Assistant
Janitor at Police Stalion 130 50
App. Public Health, Small Pox ... 7 94
' k « Elections... 66 02
1 < Police Sundries 10 11
" Public Buildings, Janitor at
Memorial Building 112 50
8,272 81
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons as per pay roll 8,239 00
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 33 81
$8,272 81
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, BOARD OF HORSES.
Appropriation $1,000 00
Additional Appropriation 267 96
$1,267 96
EXPENDITURES.
To Owen J. Carney 31 50
O. P. Davis 306 42
T. J-McDermott 198 98
P. F. McNulty 194 31
Amount carried forward $731 21
114 auditor's report.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, BOARD OF HORSES— Continued.
Amount brought forward $ 731 21
Morse Coach Co 63 57
J. H. Sparks 470 16
1,264 94
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 3 02
$1,267 96
m i - II II I I 1HII1 IMMMBI
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ELECTRIC POWERS AT SHOP.
Appropriation $300 00
$300 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Lowell Electric Light Corp. . . 254 76
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 45 24
$30 00
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, WORK NOT DONE BY
THE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation. . $5,000 00
Additional Appropriation ■. . -. 87 16
$5,087 16
EXPENDITURES.
Hardware :
To H. C. Girard ,,.. 9 98
Amount carried forward $9 98
AUDITOR S REPORT
115
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, WORK NOT DONE BY THE
DEPARTMENT— Continued.
Amount brought forward. ....... $ 9 98
Carriagas, Harnesses, Repairs :
To E. P. Bryant 60
A. L. Butman 2 50
Donovan Harness Co 255 35
F. B. Hill & Co 91 30
P. A. MacKenzie 2 60
Sawyer Carriage Co 133 90
J. H. Sparks 3 20
J. H. Swett 10 00
Shoeing Horses :
To H. Baron & Co
James Blakely
Owen J. Carney
A. D. Mitten
Henry Reynolds
Mason Work, Plastering, Roofing,
etc. :
To J. W. Bennett & Co
James Burns & Son
Matthias F. Connor
B. F. Crosby & Co
P. Conlon.
C.F. George & Co
P. H. Meehan & Co .
D. M. Prescott
Samuel E. Snow
Walsh & Co
James Walwood
Plumbing, Pipe Fittings, etc. :
To H. R. Barker Mfg. Co
John H. Barry
Carroll Bros
E. J. Carroll & Co. ...
T. Costello & Co
Daniel Cushing & Co .... 6 60 590 68
2
75
3
65
224
50
21
95
12
50
62
45
10
50
156
77
119
43
98
14
22
05
175
50
28
99
4
89
37
95
15
00
267
14
102
07
92
08
38
64
84
15
6
60
499 45
265 35
731 67
Amounts carried forward $590 68 $1,506 45
116 auditor's report.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, WORK NOT DONE BY THE
DEPARTMENT— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $590 68 $1,506 45
P. J. Custy &Co,...
James D. Danahy
Harry S. Drury ............
E. F. Farrell
Farrell & Conaton
H. J. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick & Welch
Charles E. Gee
George P. Green
George Hanaford & Co
D. J. Leary
W. A. Mack& Co
Edward Meloy
William H. McElholm
Scannell Boiler Works
Welch Bros
H. H. Wilder & Co
Sundries :
To American Express Co
H. Baron & Co.
J. E. Conant & Co
Martin Carey
James B. Conlon
O. P. Davis
Derby & Morse
W. A. Eaton
Eagle Electric Co
Gookin Bros
Arthur L. Knapp
A. W. Lewis & Co
Meserve's L. & B. Express Co.
Enoch Mills
T. J. McDermott
McNabb Bros
N. E. T. & T. Co
N E. Electric & Supply Corp.
Pratt & Forrest
19
15
75
57
184
32
118
17
116
17
133
43
417
61
2
80
292
00
43
10
285
79
122
30
70
15
22
35
7
40
457
40
18
38
65
8
75
6
00
2
50
5
00
21
43
2
80
45
50
147
71
7
50
5
35
58 20
25
36
00
56
80
]
50
1
48
2 07
2
80
2,976 77
Amounts carried forward $412 29 $4,483 22
auditor's report. 117
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, WORK NOT DONE BY THE
DEARTMENT— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $ 412 29 $4,483 22
Amasa Pratt & Co
Rice & Co
W. A. Sherman
J. H. Sparks
Tucke & Parker. . . '.
109 20
5 50
5 00
57 60
14 35
603 94
$5,087 16
—
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, BILLS FOR MATERIALS.
Appropriation $400 00
Receipts, App. Paupers O. D. R.
General Sundries 47 50
App. Rifle Range Improvement at
Range 2 10
$4,049 60
EXPENDITURES.
Painters and Electricians Supplies :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co. 62 87
Sylvester Bean 472 90
C. B. Coburn Co 348 31
P. Dempsey & Co 116 41
A. L. Kittredge & Co 145 71
1,146 20
Hardware, etc. :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co. 32 90
H. R. Barker Mfg. Co 9 00
W. T. S. Bartlett 14 15
Owen E. Brennan 39 70
F. W. Cheney & Co 2 75
E. P. Flanders & Co 42 00
Amounts carried forward $140 50 $1,146 20
118
AUDITOR S REPORT.
PUBLIC BLD'G'S, BILLS FOR MATERIALS— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
$140 50 $1,146 20
Henry C. Girard
N. D. Lafleur
W, A. Mack & Co
Peter H. Savage
Thompson Hardware Co.
William Zimmer
Stationery, Postage, Printing, etc. :
To Buckland Printing Co
Butterfield Printing Co
T. H. Lawler. . . ,
G. C. Prince & Son
Joseph F. Roarke
Sampson, Murdock & Co
Lumber :
To Burnham & Davis
Burnham & Davis Lumber Co.
Pratt & Forrest
Amasa Pratt & Co
William H, Wiggin
Sundries :
App. Water Works
American Express Co
Art Metal Construction Co ... .
B. & M. R. R
Owen J. Carney
Edward Cawley
John J. Doherty & Co
Donovan Harness Co
Farrell & Conaton
Fitzpatrick & Welch
Gilbride's
Kelty Bros.
C. F. Keyes ..,-.;
Middlesex Machine Co
N. E. T. & T. Co
Henry J. O'Dowd
Amounts carried forward
7 84
90
10 05
42 25
74 58
25
42
35
9 00
7
60
28
00
1
00
3 00
275
00
90
96
27
37
198
72
880
78
26
10
25
165
00
40
90
330 00
93
87
1
96
101
00
3 00
64
00
14
25
2
62
88
00
1
40
20
50
00
276 37
90 95
1,472 83
$982 55 $2,986 35
auditor's report.
PUBLIC BLD'G'S, BILLS FOR MATERIALS— Continued.
Amount brought forward ■ • ■ $982 55 $2,980 35
A. G. Pollard & Co.... 11 82
J. H. Sparks 27 00
Daniel T. Sullivan 12 90
Talbot Dye. & Chemical Co . . 90
Waverly Hotel 21 00
Henry F. Whiting 100
— — . 1,057 17
:4,043 52
Transferred to General Treasury . . .
Fund 6 08
$4,049 60
REPAIRING PALMER ST. ENGINE HOUSE.
Appropriation $1,500 00
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Labor :
To Sundry Persons as per pay roll 346 01
App. Public Buildings, Carpenters,
Painters, etc 263 22
- — 609 23
Painters Supplies :
App. Public Buildings, Carpenters,
Painters, etc 125 96
Adams Hardware & Paint Co. 38 48
Sylvester Bean ... 234 02
— 398 46
Lumber:
To Amasa Pratt Co 156 29
156 29
Amount carried forward $1,164 98
120 auditor's report.
REPAIRING PALMER ST. ENGINE HOUSE— Continued.
Amount brought forward ,. $1,164 98
Pipe Fittings, Plumbings, etc. :
To W. A. Mack & Co 109 90
Welch Bros 1 70
111 60
Mason Work and Material :
To P. Conlon 3 40
B. F. Crosby & Co 177 20
180 60
Sundries :
To H. C. McOsker 43 82
43 82
$1,500 00
NEW BOILER AT BRANCH ST. ENGINE HOUSE.
Appropriation. $500 00
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor. ... 53 72
E.JJ. Carroll &*Co 29 00
P. Conlon 69 90
Fitzpatrick & Welch 347 36
499 98
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund ! 02
$500 00
PAINTING CITY HALL, INTERIOR AND
EXTERIOR.
Appropriation $500 00
$500 00
AUDITOR S REPORT.
121
PAINTING CITY HALL, INTERIOR AND
EXTERIOR— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 229 67
App. School Houses, Work and
Material 10 33
Adams Hardware & Paint Co. 36 60
Walter Coburn & Co 45
Larsen & Bentley 1 50
278 55
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 221 45
$500 00
RESETTING AND REPAIRING BOILER AT
CITY HALL.
Appropriation $1,500 00
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES,
To Sundry Persons, for Labor 192 87
H. R. Barker Mfg. Co 355 31
P. Conlon 821 20
D. J. Leary 24 00
Scannell Boiler Works 106 60
1,499 98
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 02
$1,500 00
ALMSHOUSE REPAIRS.
Appropriation $2,500 00
$2,500 00
122 auditor's report.
ALMSHOUSE, REPAIRS— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
Labor :
To Sundry Persons as per pay roll. 186 68
Lumber :
App. Public Buildings, Carpenters,
etc 10 94
App. School Houses, Work and
Material 11 25
Wm. H. Wiggin 108 99
Mason Work and Material :
To P. Conlon 63 68
Union Paving Co 204 75
Hardware, Pipe Fittings, etc. :
To John H.Barry 185 01
Harry S. Drury 181 72
James D. Danahy 48 23
Fitzpatrick & Welch 345 90
George P. Green 154 09
Thompson Hardware Co 5 40
Welch Bros 238 08
Sundries :
To A. W. Lewis & Co 716 73
H. C. McOsker 38 36
186 68
131 18
268 43
1.158 43
755 09
2,499 81
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 19
$2,500 00
auditor's report. 123
BATH ROOMS AT FLETCHER AND BRANCH ST.
ENGINE HOUSE.
Appropriation $800 00
Additional Appropriation 85
$800 85
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons as per pay roll 180 25
E. J. Carroll & Co 298 00
Harry S. Drury 296 00
Pratt & Forrest 18 00
W. H. Wiggin 8 60
$800 85
BATH ROOM, CLOSETS AND NEW FLOOR AT
FOURTH ST. ENGINE HOUSE.
Appropriation $600 00
$600 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 278 97
Adams Hardware & Paint Co. 11 90
Davis & Sargent Lumber Co. . 19 40
George P. Green 272 95
W. A, Mack & Co 6 19
Amasa Pratt & Co 10 43
599 84
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 16
$600 00
124
AUDITOR S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation $280,000 00
Additional Appropriation 19,519 19
Receipts, overdrafts, Elizabeth B.
Daum 10 00
F. M. Lancey 3 60
$299,532 79
EXPENDITURES.
To A. K. Whitcomb, Supt
Assistants in Supt.'s Office . .
Truant Officers
Teachers :
In High School • • • •
Grammar Schools
Primary Schools
Training School
Kindergartin
Drawing
Music
Sewing
Books :
To American Book Co
American Library Co
Allyn & Bacon
D. Appleton & Co
Atkinson & Mentzer
Edward E. Babb & Co
C. C. Birchard& Co
T. H. Castor & Co
Century Co
Commercial Text Book Co» . .
Ginn & Co ....
D. C. Heath & Co .'
Henry Holt & Co
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Harvard University
Amounts carried forward
3,000 00
3,000 00
1,159
00
1,159 00
4,100
00
4,100 00
34,883
35
82,619
26
71,248
47
11,451
81
12,473
50
1,350 00
1,944
00
791
00
216,761 39
1,227
91
15
00
35
75
6
42
3
00
3,139
66
16
80
8
00
1
10
1
70
2,293
63
430
78
69
67
53
98
7
50
$7,310 90 $,225,020 39
AUDITOR S REPORT,
125
SCHOOLS— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
J. B. Lippincott Co
Little, Brown & Co
Maynard, Merrill & Co
Munn & Co
W. L. Musick Publishing Co.
Macey- Wernicke Co.
W. L, Mason
Isaac Pitman & Sons
Powers & Lyons
Practical Text Book Co
Rand, McNally & Co
F. E. Reed Co
Richardson, Smith & Co
Scientific American Club
Charles Scribners Sons.
Silver, Burdett & Co
Snow & Farnham
Christopher Sower Co
Scott, Foresman & Co
Thompson, Brown & Co
University Publishing Co
University of Chicago Press . . .
Edgar Werner Publishing and
Supply Co
Whitcomb & Barrows
John Wylie & Sons
Blank Books, Stationery, Printings,
etc. :
To Adams, dishing & Foster. . . .
Army and Navy Journal
Baker Printing Co ....
Buckland Printing .... -
Butterfield Printing Co
Cabinet Letter Press Co
Courier-Citizen Co
A. B. Dick & Co
Dumas & Co
Daily Mail Publishing Co
j. F. Fellows
Amounts carried forward
$7,310 90 $225,020 39
302
00
8
00
183
55
7
00
90
42
60
68
•
1
58
37
20
11
20
226
80
342
58
76
00
92
221
55
82
80
22
00
90 00
175
00
18
00
1
62
60
1
20
1
12
9,124 22
17
50
20
50
16
00
21
50
428
00
6
00
368
55
43
45
265
80
6
95
1
25
$1,195 50 $234,144 61
126
auditor's report.
SCHOOLS— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
F. J. Flemings
J. L. Hammett Co
C. Howard Hunt Pen Co
Holden Patent Book Cover Co.
Harry Kittredge
Library Bureau
Thomas H. Lawler
Libby Printing Co
Osmond Long
Lowell Sun
Lawler Printing Co
Lowell Bill Posting Co
Milton Bradley Co
Frederick Post Co
G. C. Prince & Son
M. C. Olson Mfg. Co
C. E. Robinson
Remington Typewriter Co. . . .
Sampson, Murdock & Co
Sunday Telegram
F. A. M. Tobin
Union Printing Co
Underwood Typewriter Co. . .
M. G. Wight & Co
Zopher Co
Hardwure etc. :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
W. T. S. Bartlett
J. C. Bennett
Boutwell Bros
John Callaghan
H. E. Carlisle
F. W. Cheney & Co \
E. P. Flanders & Co
H. C. Girard
C. F. Hosington. . . '.
W. A. Ingham Co
N. D. Lafluer
W. A. Mack & Co
H. B. Shattuck & Son
Amounts carried forward
$1,195 50
$234,144 61
173 63
129 65
16 25
128 43
21 10
4 00
1,315 26
36 60
148 70
3 50
48 00
12 00
355 06
9 72
1,891 86
7 68
*
10 00
50
9 00
1 88
84 00
7 95
5 00
/
190 81
18 00
5 824 08
72 50
46 18
22 74
7 63
27 83
13 60 .
67 50
3 98
71 92
12 80
25 00
11 20
6 95
25
$390 08 $239,968 69
AUDITOR S REPORT.
127
SCHOOLS— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
Smith & Lawrence ...
Thompson Hardware Co ....
Lumber :
To Pratt & Forrest
Wm. H. Wihgin
Repairing Electrical Appaiatus :
To Derby & Morse
Eagle Electric Co
Harry F. Harding
N. E. Electric & Supply Corp
Tucke A Parker
Pipe, Fittings etc. :
To H. R. Barker Mf'g Co
W. W. Carey...,
Carroll Bros ....
Charles E. Gee
George P. Green
W. H. Hope & Co
Lowell Machine Shop
H. F. Otash
Pevey Bros ..... ...
A. L. Ready & Son
Washburn Shops of the Wor-
cester Polytechnic Institute
Welch Bros
D. E. Whiton Machine Co . . .
C. Zimmer
W. Zimmer
Painters Supplies :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
C. B. Coburn Co
Heaney Mfg. Co
A. L. Kittredge & Co
W. W. Morrison
W. H. Spaulding & Co
Amount carried forward
$390 08 $239,968 69
4 28
93 99
488 35
13 29
17 35
30 fi4
13 60
84 30
73 70
44 28
518 88
734 76
75
2 40
12 30
1 00
6 35
2 50
7 75
7 14
4 05
38 40
12 93
14 75
7 00
4 10
15 00
136 42
96 48
253 31
1 00
280 34
1 25
6 00
638 38
$241,997 24
128
AUDITOR S REPORT.
' SCHOOLS— Continued.
Amount brought forward
Laboratory Supplies :
To Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.
Walter Coburn & Co .
Carleton & Hovey
P. Dempsey & Co
Eimer & Amend
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. . .
Mitchell, Wing & Co
Geo. Richard & Sons
Simpson & Rowland
Sulpho Napthol Co
Talbot Dye. & Chemical Co..
Furniture, Cloth, etc. :
To Adams & Co. .
Amberg File and Index Co. . .
Bon Marche
P. J. Custy & Co
Gookin Bros
Gilbride's
J. S. Hastings
J. T. Henry & Co
A. L. Kittredge & Co
H. C. McOsker
O'Donnell & Gilbride Co
O'Donnell Dry Goods Co
A. E. O'Heir
A. A. Parent
A. G. Pollard & Co
J. E. Post
Robertson & Co
J. E. Shanley & Co
Music :
To Hibbard's Orchestra
Blanche B Hunking
J. H. Jeannotte
Middlesex Orchestra
Amounts carried forward $126 00 $242,862 11
$241,997 24
54 70
10 56
1 75
2 75
24 01
85 89
26 46
8 00
49 95
75 00
16 57
355 64
45 50
2 70
11 00
31 50
64 50
20 50
3 13
7 50
24 49
60 00
43 20
4 34
17 00
2 25
111 10
5 70
8 50
46 32
509 23
19 00
20 00
60 00
27 00
AUDITORS REPORT.
129
SCHOOLS— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $126 00 $242,862 11
National Band 75 00
W. A. Owen 12 50
Sophie M.White 18 75
Musical Supplies :
To Irvin A. Foote 135 00
Peter Gallagher 18 50
Ring Music Co 32 00
M. Steinert & Sons Co 11 82
Repairing Carriages and Harnesses :
To F. B. Hill & Co 51 65
Sawyer Carriage Co 102 46
J. H. Sparks 8 30
Shoeing Horses and Board of
Horses :
To J. J. Donnelly 53 25
J. H. Sparks 524 93
Fuel:
To John Brady 215 00
John T. Brennan 274 00
Edward Cawley 7,068 65
Lowell Coal Co 12,572 04
Joseph Mullen 71 10
Frank Reilly 300 25
D. T. Sullivan 7 00
Lighting and Power:
Lowell Electric Light Corp. .. 1,745 06
Lowell Gas Light Co 588 52
Telephone :
To N.E.T.&T.Co 21 26
W. U. Telegraph Co 2 38
232 25
197 32
162 41
578 18
20,508 04
2,333 58
23 64
Amount carried forward $266,897 53
130 auditor's report.
SCHOOLS— Continued.
Amount brought forward $266,897 53
Water :
App. Water Works 1,195 11
Transportation, Carriage hire, etc. :
To American Express Co
B. & M. R. R
B. &N. St. Ry
Conway Transfer Co
Hill Transfer Co
Man. & Con. Express Co
N. Y. & B. Des. Express Co..
J. H. Sparks
Sundries :
App. Public Buildings, Carpenters,
Painters, etc
App. Public Buildings, Labor
App. School Houses, Labor
App. School Houses, Work and
Material
App. School Houses, Sundries....
W. P. Brazer & Co
A. D. Brigham
Patrick Brady
F. M. Bill & Co
B. W. Carey
Charles F. Carr
Clinton Mfg. Co
Centralville Millinery Store. . .
Carter, Rice & Co
John J. Cluin
John P. Curley
P. P. Caproni & Bro
E. S. Colton
John Cross
Catherine H. Coggeshall
Dodge & Co
Joseph A. Davis
Mary Delaney
James E. Donnelly
28
46
12
89
175
00
14 44
70
25
25
05
9
90
7
90
45
85
31
67
834
35
801
64
87
88
5
00
11
25
4
50
1
75
50
00
2
50
59
48
25
00
27
75
99
50
40
10
00
52
75
46
75
12
00
3
75
5
00
2
00
9
15
1,195 11
343 89
Amounts carried forward $2,229 92 $,268,436 53
AUDITORS REPORT.
131
SCHOOLS— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
Michael Finnegan
, W. H. P. Faunce
Gilmore Mfg. Co
H. L. Gonzales
George H. Gage.
A.P.Goodhue
R. A. Griffiths
Grant Jewelry Co . . . . .
Percey D. Gibson
Miss Hard's School
C. F. Hatch Co
E. M. Hunt
George E. Hutchins
E. F. Hathaway
Thomas Hannafin
C. H. Hanson & Co
C. I. Hood & Co
Keuffel & Essex Co
A. L. Kittredge & Co
Kelty Bros
D. P. Knowlton. .
M. Lahue & Co
Florence M. Lancey
Lowell Wall Paper Co
Lowell Rubber Co
Carolyn H. Locke
D. Lovejoy & Son ....
Merrimack Mfg. Co.
McKissock Steam Carpet Clean-
ing Works
John Mack
George F. Maguire
Clarence Mahoney
Murphy, Leavans & Co
Middlesex Women's Club
Middlesex County Truant
School
Middlesex North Agricultural
Society
R. T. Mower
Amounts carried forward
29 92
$2G8,43G 53
1 25
75 00
10 14
2 00
21 75
15 00
1 00
18 00
10 50
1 70
20 90
5 80
19 73
1
25
1
50
177
20
16
20
19
20
4
87
95
2
50
2
23
7 20
64
60
61
52
1
00
100
00
1
70
30
00
4
00
23
90
55
80
25
00
2,794
62
15
00
6
00
$5,808
54 $268,436 53
132
AUDITOR S REPORT.
SCHOOLS— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
McNabb Bros
Wm. McElwain
H. C. McOsker
A. C. McClurg Co
Oliver Typewriter Co ........
Rowena Palmer
Horace Partridge & Co
Myron C. Pease
Isaac Petinger & Sons
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. . . .
Powers & Lyons
William Read & Sons
Harry Raynes
John Scott
D. T. Sullivan
J. A. Shanley
James Stanley
Standard Electric Time Co.. .
Smith Premier Typewriter Co
Smith & Lawrence
Simpson & Rowland
F. R. Strout
George F. Sturtevant
Taylor Roofing Co
A. S. Thompson
Underwood Typewriter Co . .
Mrs. N. L. Wheeler
W. R. Waterman
A. C. Wheelock
M. F. Wood
Whittet & Co
A. K. Whitcomb
H. F. Whiting
A. E. Winship
C. Zimrher
W. Zimmer
Amount carried forward
$5;808 54 $268,430 53
3 32
72 43
103 68
85
120 00
25 00
6 00
161 20
98
2 12
70
6 25
1 50
3 75
21 00
22 95
19 25
6 05
15 53
2 80
28 00
1 50
35 75
15 00
175 00
1 68
44 75
7 00
216 00
1 35
5 00
65 40
23 80
75 00
7 80
60 85
7,048 98
$275,485 51
AUDITOR S REPORT.
133
SCHOOLS— Continued.
Evening Schools :
To Sundry Persons for Services as
Sundry Persons for Services as
Janitors
15,808
1,911
00
75
$275,485
■
17,719
660
1,215
156
51
75
Books, Stationery, etc. :
Edward E. Babb & Co
Baker Printing Co
11 52
135 00
4 75
45 00
5 50
67 50
25 00
25 25
248 34
3 05
42 00
13 75
13 00
12 00
8 80
Butterfield Printing Co f . .
D. C. Heath & Co
Thomas H. Lawler
G. C. Prince & Son
F. A. M. Tobin
AG
Lighting :
To Lowell Electric Light Corp. . .
Lowell Gas Lisdit Co
422
792
66
54
o
20
Sundries :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
John Brady
49
6
10
3
9
25
27
1
6
15
1
3
30
00
00
00
00
00
00
10
34
75
50
00
Paul R. Burtt
P. J. Custy &Co
Hibbard's Orchestra
N. D. Lafleur
Amasa Pratt & Co
Thompson Hardware Co
99
$295,237
91
134 auditor's report.
SCHOOLS— Continued.
Amount brought forward $295,237 91
Drawing Schools :
To Sundry Persons for Services as
Teachers 3,998 50
Paints, Plaster, Oil, etc. :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co. 10 92
P. P. Caproni & Bro 16 70
Edward Cawley 3 00
Lighting :
To Lowell Electric Light Corp. ... 235 86
Electric Supplies:
To Tucke & Parker 2 62
3,998 50
30 62
235 86
2 62
Sundries :
To F. W. Farnham 4 00
Gilbride's 4 50
Libby Printing Co 3 25
George F. Sturtevant 1 38
Tucke & Parker 14 15 27 28
$299,532 79
SCHOOL HOUSES, LABOR.
Appropriation $10,500 00
Receipts, App. Schools , 834 35
c ' Rifle Range Repairs 4 66
" Health Office 11 51
" Paupers, O. D. R.
General Sundries 86 50
" Inspector of Wires . . 183 42
EXPENDITURES,
To Sundry Persons for Labor. . . . 11,580 19
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 40 25
$11,620 44
$11,620 44
auditor's report. 135
SCHOOL HOUSES, JANITORS.
Appropriation $36,313 33
Additional Appropriation 4,296 78
$40,610 11
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Services as
Janitors 40 606 73
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 3 38
$40,610 11
SCHOOL HOUSES, WORK NOT DONE BY DEPART-
MENT AND BILLS FOR MATERIALS.
Appropriation $9,000 00
Additional Appropriation ^. 1,471 01
Receipts, App. Public Buildings,
Almshouse Repairs 11 25
App. Public Buildings, Paint-
ing City Hall 10 33
App. Schools 889 52
App. Rifle Range, Improve-
ments 39 33
App. O. D. R. General Sun-
dries 79 38
App. Assessors 61
App. Heating, Sundries 41 38
App. Sanitary Improvements
in Sundry School Houses 13 76
App. Four-room Building to
Relieve Highland School. 33 45
$1], 590 02
136
auditor's report.
SCHOOL HOUSES, WORK NOT DONE BY DEPART-
MENT AND BILLS FOR MATERIALS— Continued.
EXPENDITURES
Paints, Oils, etc. :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Sylvester Bean
C. B. Cobuni Co
F. H. Griffin & Co
Smith & Lawrence
Mason Work and Material, Roofing,
etc. :
To J. W. Bennett Co
James Burns & Son
P. Conlon
Matthias F. Conntfr
B. F. Crosby & Co
II. P. Doherty
W. H. Fuller
C. F, George & Co
Isaac Jalbert
P. H. Meehan & Co
P. O'Hearn
John A. Simpson
Staples Bros. Co
Samuel E. Snow
Plumbing, Pipe Fittings, etc. :
To H. R. Barker Mf'g Co
John H. Barry
Carroll Bros
E. J. Carroll & Co
Central Plumbing Co
T. Costello & Co
James D. Danahy
E. W. Devaney
Harry S. Drury
E. W. Farrell
Farrell & Conaton
H. J. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick & Welch
Amounts carried forward
180
75
45
05
133
53
50 00
49
32
31
58
38
04
389
37
302
50
855
05
819
92
38
00
65
89
83
91
775
40
36
19
10
00
258
52
34
40
122
10
137
85
119
13
35
35
30
47
875
05
142
34
42
60
381
76
66
04
22
02
311
68
725
37
$3,011
76
$464 65
3,738 77
$4,203 42
auditor's report. 137
SCHOOL HOUSES, WORK NOT DONE BY DEPART-
MENT AND BILLS FOR MATERIALS— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $3,011 76 $4,203 42
George P. Green
George Hanaford & Co
Joseph Harvey
Higgins & Kerwin
Arthur P. Knapp.
W. A. Mack & Co
William H. McElholm ,
Edward Meloy
W. McLarney & Co
A. Parsons
Scannell Boiler Works
Scott & O'Day
Matthew T. Ward
Welch Bros
H. H. Wilder & Co
Electrical Supplies :
To Derby & Morse
Eagle Electric Co
A. W. Lewis & Co
Hardware :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
J. C. Bennett
W.T. S. Bartlett
E. P. Flanders & Co
H. C. Girard
Thompson Hardware Co
Lumber :
To Burnham & Davis Lumber Co.
Willis H. Bean
Amasa Pratt & Co
Pratt & Forrest
William H. Wiggin
Amount carried forward
96
24
52
07
120
41
9
40
7
87
79
49
11
70
11
24
23
07
i
4
50
346
26
6
30
1
30
*
1,547
97
10 50
5,340 08
52
91
489
72
386
34
928 97
50
26
13
92
11
65
64
16
10
35
41
57
191 91
85
92
10 00
311
54
58
59
34 50
500 55
$11,164 93
138 auditor's report.
SCHOOL HOUSE, SUNDRIES.
Amount brought forward $11,164 93
Sundries :
App. Water Works 11 28
American Mason Safety Tread
Co
B. & M. R. R ....
Frank C. Breen
Chandler Adjustable Chair and
Desk Works
P. Dempsey & Co
Thomas H. Elliot
Henry Esmond
Harry Prescott Graves
Gilbride's.
F. B. Hill & Co
Edward Judge
Isaac Jalbert
Kelty Bros
James Murkland & Son
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R....
Simpson & Rowland
George H. Staples
Henry F. Whiting
58 00
20 00
75
10 50
119 65
50 00
1 25
15 00
13 20
2 50
5 00
22 94
30
75
25
5 75
80 35
7 62
425 09
$11,590 02
NEW CHIMNEY AT HIGHLAND SCHOOL.
$125 00
EXPENDITURES.
$125 00
To P. Conlon
93 50
31 50
P. O'Hearn
$125 00
auditor's report. 139
SCHOOLS— Continued.
CONCRETE CHAPEL, CHEEVER AND COTTAGE ST.
SCHOOL BASEMENT.
Appropriation * $200 00
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor. ... 30 00
P. Conlon 170 00
$200 00
NEW BOILER KT LYON ST. SCHOOL.
Appropriation $500 00
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor. ... 2 84
P. Conlon 64 50
Fitzpatrick & Welch 432 66
500 00
NEW BOILER AT TRAINING SCHOOL.
Appropriation $500 00
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor. ... 16 25
P. Conlon 118 00
Scannell Boiler Works 295 00
James Walsh 3 03
Amount carried forward $432 28
140 auditor's report.
NEW BOILER AT TRAINING SCHOOL— Continued.
Amount brought forward $ 432 28
Welch Bros 57 30
H. H. Wilder & Co 10 39
499 97
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund . 03
$500 00
REPAIRING FULLER & WARREN FURNACES IN
VARIOUS SCHOOLS.
Appropriation $1,000 00
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To American Express Co 60
B. & M. R. R 15 68
Daniel Cushing & Co 33 93
Fuller & Warren Co 871 89
C. F. Hoisington & Son 5 50
W. A. Mack & Co 24 42
Staples Bros. Co 28 50
980 52
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 19 48
$1,000 00
IMPROVING SANITARY CONDITIONS AT
COLBURN SCHOOL.
Appropriation $2,000 00
$2,000 00
auditor's report. 141
IMPROVING SANITARY CONDITIONS AT
COLBURN SCAOOL— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons as per pay roll 304 47
H. R. Barker Mfg. Co 2 00
Courier-Citizen Co 3 50
Harry Prescott Graves 25 00
Isaac Jalbert 12G 77
Arthur P. Knapp 2 50
Lowell Sun 4 00
Amasa Pratt & Co 98 83
Scott & O'Day . 1,432 75
1,999 82
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 18
$2,000 00
NEW BUILDING TO RELIEVE HIGHLAND SCHOOL.
Appropriation $2,700 00
$2,700 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons as per pay roll 931 05
App.' School Houses, Work
and Material
Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Sylvester Bean
E. J. Carroll & Co
J. L. Douglass & Co
- E. P. Flanders & Co
Harry Prescott Graves
W. A. Mack& Co
Pratt & Forest
D. T. Sullivan
Smith & Lawrence
Amount carried forward
33
45
66
81
78
75
38
72
101
74
2
20
45
00
240
00
716
87
3
60
5
00
$ 2,263 19
142 auditor's report.
\
NEW BUILDING TO RELIEVE HIGHLAND
SCHOOL— Continudd.
Amount brought forward $2, 263 19
Staples Bros. Co 13 44
Thompson Hardware Co 45 31
William H. Wiggin 377 63
2,699 57
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 43
$2,700 00
IAT..» ■
SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS IN SUNDRY SCHOOL
HOUSES AND NEW CHIMNEY AT
HIGHLAND SCHOOL.
Appropriation $600 00
600 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor. ... 41 68
App. School Houses, Work
and Material 13 76
E. J. Carroll & Co 89 10
J. D. Danahy 193 52
W. A. Mack & Co.... 5 09
P. O'Hearn 151 75
D. T. Sullivan 5 00
W. W. Wilder & Co 100 00
599 90
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 10
$600 00
auditor's report. 143
SCHOOLS— Continued.
MIDDLESEX VILLAGE SCHOOL BELL.
Appropriation $500 00
$500 00
ma ■naMfct.JMW— nam— t— n
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 57 88
Swain Turbine & Mfg. Co ... . 250 00
307 88
Balance to 1905 192 12
$500 00
SEWER MAINTENANCE, SALARIES.
Appropriation $2,939 00
$2,939 00
EXPENDITURES.
App. Sewer Maintenance, Labor. . . 396 76
E. S. Foss. 229 54
S. D. Butterworth 810 00
D. W. Bugbee 581 51
F. W. Lazelle 348 14
C. H. Raymond 530 32
$2,896 27
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 42 73
$2,939 00
SEWER MAINTENANCE, LABOR.
Appropriation ; $12,000 00
Received from Sundry Departments 509 54
$12,509 54
144
AUDITOR S REPORT.
SEWER MINTENANCE, LABOR— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor $12,451 57
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 57 97
$12,509 54
f '—
SEWER MAINTENANCE, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $8,561 00
Recepts, App. Sewer Construction, 3,074 05
App. 4th of July Observance. . 112 38
App. Parks 22 00
$11,769 43
EXPENDITURES.
Hardware and Tools :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co. 199 84
Boutwell Bros 88 47
W. T. S. Bartlett.... 1 20
J. C. Bennett 34 63
Colonial Supply Co 64 00
F. W. Cheney & Co 6 00
E. P. Flanders & Co ' 459 06
H. C. Girard 16 60
W. A. Mack & Co 26 00
Smith & Lawrence 11 25
Henry B. Temby 890 30
Thompson Hardware Co 3 62
1,800 97
Lumber :
To Burnham & Davis Lumber Co. 603 25
Amasa Pratt Co 347 03
Pratt & Forrest 584 60
A. G. Thompson 181 33
W. H. Wiggin . 402 62
2,118 83
Amount carried forward $3,919 80
AUDITOR S REPORT.
145
SEWER MAINTENANCE, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward $3,919 80
Faints, Oil etc. :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Boston Engineers Supply Co. .
C. B. Coburn Co
Walter Coburn & Co
Rubber Boots and Repairing :
To Boulger Shoe Co
Patrick Fitzgibbon
E . Lavery
O'Sullivan Bros. Co
Sunlight Shoe Store
Pipe Fittings, etc. :
To Boutwell Bros
Boston Engineers Supply Co
II. R. Barker Mfg- Co
Colonial Supply Co
Doherty Bros
Fitzpatrick & Welch
Louis ->LarIam me
J. W. Stewart
Union Iron Foundry
Welch Bros
Stationery, Printing, etc. :
To Thomas H. Lawler
G. C. Prince & Son ,
Charles E. Robinson ........
Lighting :
To Lowell Electric Light Corp 20 10
11
90
530
28
1G8
52
10
76
75
60
30
50
38
15
82
50
51
00
7
47
239
20
5
00
G2
40
508
62
18G
30
1
00
60
346
01
35
22
50
125
50
14
00
721 46
277 75
1,451 82
140 00
20 10
Carriage- hire and Transportation :
To American Express Co 9 65
B. & M. R. R 1 65
Meserve's L. & B. Express. ... 60
J. H. Sparks 19 00 30 90
Amount carried forward $6,561 83
146
AUDITOR S REPORT.
SEWER, MAINTENANCE SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amount brought forward
Brick, Cement, Fuel, etc. :
To Edward Cawley
Connors Bros. Construction Co.
H. M. Clark, Agt
Home Coal Co
Lowell Coal Co
P. O'Hearn
E. A. & A. T. Smith
Staples Bros. Co
D. T. Sullivan
W, H. Ward
Carriages, Harnesses and Repairs :
To A. H. Cluer
C. H. Hanson & Co
F. B. Hill & Co
D. W'. Parker
Sawyer Carriage Co
Sundries :
App. Engineering
' ' Streets, Sundries
u Streets, Yard Labor . . .
4 ' Water Works
Owen E. Brennan
F. M. Bill & Co
John Cross
• M. J. Cahill
Peter Corcoran
Derby & Morse
Finn Bros
D. Gage
C. F. Hatch Co
E. F. Hathaway
C. M. Holmes
G. E. Hutchins
C. H. Hanson & Co
Louis Laflamme and wife. . . .
Lafiin-Rand Powder Co
Lowell Wall Paper Co
Amounts carried forward
$6,561 83
331
88
41
25
334
99
11
00
582
19
5
25
1
50
151
07
246
41
131
25
1,836 79
37
40
42
00
24
90
2
50
18
43
125 23
899
56
627
36
91
25
60
22
1
35
20 25
6
00
1
75
15
45
6
10
48
00
2
08
1
75
13
20
174
65
40
10
141
00
10 28
460
00
75
$2,621
10
$8,523 85
auditor's report. 147
SEWER, MAINTENANCE SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $2,621 10 $8,523 85
T. J. McDonald 102 1G
G. A. Nelson 3 00
G. L. Ready & Son 72 80
Richardson Hotel 5 00
Simpson & Rowland 81 05
J. A. Thompson 4 00
Tucke & Parker 9 60
F. A. Tuttle 333 50
Waverly Hotel 11 00
3,243 21
11,767 06
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 2 37
$11,769~43
Ml M 1 1— M— MhMWMW
SEWER CONSTRUCTION.
Appropriation $120,000 00
Receipts, Sundry Persons for over-
drafts 16 00
$120,016 00
♦
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 90,734 72
90,734 72
Engineering 1,455 10
1,455 10
Hardware, Tools, etc. :
To H. R. Barker Mfg. Co 1,368 56
D. J. Leary 11 95
Union Iron Foundry 233 55
1,614 06
Brick, Cement, Fuel, etc. :
To Edward Cawley 6,982 65
P. P. Connors & Co 230 00
H. M. Clark, Agt 1,914 65
Amounts carried forward 9,127 30 $93,803 88
148
AUDITOR S REPORT.
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Amounts brought forward
Home Coal Co
Lowell Coal Co
F. A. Malorey
D. T. Sullivan
Lumber:
To Burnham & Davis Lumber Co.
H. P. Beals
Davis & Sargent Lumber Co. .
Amasa Pratt & Co
William H. Wiggin
Transportation, Teaming, etc. :
App. Watering Streets
B. & M. R. R
C. H. Hanson & Co
Willis Hobbs
Damages :
To Mary O'Neil
Peter O'Neil
Sundries :
App. Water Works
' 4 Sewer Maintenance, Sundries,
" Sewer Maintenance, Labor. . .
A. L. Butman
M. J. Drummond & Co
Gauthier & Lemire
T. J. McDonald
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund
-Continued.
$9,127 30 $93,803 88
100 93
3,093 63
224 20
1,299 56
13 845 r;9
28 96
269 47
682 50
595 15
7 30
1,583 38
1 670 66
744 00
709 16
138 00
79 50
360 00
350 00
• 710 00
158 48
3,074 05
91 42
16 00
935 93
92 00
8 00
4,375 88
115,989 42
4,026 58
$120,016 00
auditor's report. 149
STREETS, SALARIES.
Appropriation , . . . $4,000 00
$4,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Laforest Beals, Superintendent 795 70
Fred W. Farnham 4 < 1,204 30
George W. Hartwell, Assistant
Superintendent 1,400 15
C. H. Raymond, Clerk 599 85
$4,000 00
STREETS, YARD LABOR.
Appropriation $11,000 00
Receipts, App. Sewer Maintenance 91 25
" Watering Streets. . 43180
IT. W. Worcester overdraft. . . 10 50
11,533 55
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 11,501 94
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 31 61
~~ 11,533 55
STREETS, LABOR.
Appropriation $90,000 00
Additional Appropriation. 43,500 00
Receipt, Sundry Persons overdrafts 83 10
133,583 10
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 131,589 4G
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 1,993 64
$133,583 10
150
auditor's report.
STREETS, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation
Additional Appropriation
Receipts, App. Parks
ik Sewer Maintenance
" Watering Streets. .
EXPENDITURES
Fuel:
To Edward Cawley
Home Coal Co
Joseph Mullin
D. T. Sullivan
Hay, Grain, etc. :
To Joseph Bowers
Coffey Bros
Fred A. Fox
George M. Foster
Livingston Grain Co
Julia Hart
Joseph Mullin .
T. J. McDonald
H. E. Noyes & Son
J . B . Sabre
Paul Vigeant & Co
James Whittet
O. D. Wilder
Water :
App. Water Works
Carriages, Harnesses and Repairs
To Robert Barris
A. L. Butman
A. H. Cluer
Donovan Harness Co
C. H. Hanson & Co
F. B. Hill &Co
II. J. O'Dowd
D. W. Parker
Amounts carried forward
$45,500 00
5,685
12
109
67
627
36
1,581
43
$53,503 58
RES.
3
28
1,066
71
83
30
8
32
1,161 61
40
25
297
77
593
95
899
32
125
00
97
60
2,999
98
1,557
57
3,190
56
891
68
455
92
195
40
34
00
11,379 00
723
79
723 79
6
00
61
50
68
05
254
62
6
00
80
90
29
00
93
80
$599
87
$13,264 40
AUDITOR S REPORT.
151
STREETS, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
Parker Harness Co
Sawyer Carriage Co
J . H. Sparks
Hardware and Tools :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Ames Plow Co
W. T. S. Bartlett
Boston Engineers Supply Co . .
J. C. Bennett
Boutwell Bros
E. W. Brown
Colonial Supply Co
E. P. Flanders & Co
H, C. Girard
Heselton Brush Mfg. Co
N. D. Lafleur
W. A. Mack & Co
McBarron Co
N. E. Brown Co
Henry B. Temby
Thompson Hardware Co
E. W. Trull
Lumber :
To Burnham & Davis
Burnham & Davis Lumber Co.
C. M. Holmes
Amasa Pratt & Co
Pratt & Forrest
William H. Wiggin
Concrete, Cement, Gravel, Edge-
stone and Paving :
To Jacques Boisvert
P. P. Conners & Co
Lowell Coal Co
Mahan & Meehan
F. A. Malorey
Mass. Broken Stone Co
Amounts carried forward
$599 87
$13,264 40
2 25
4 25
38 10
644 47
98 56
13 14
19 16
314 00
12 50
545 28
.12 50
269 00
596 09
8 08
14 00
11 94
15 71
33 00
835 00
811 50
71 01
16 00
3,696 47
30 10
2,110 35
10 75
1,391 10
118 47
663 71
4,324 48
42 20
25 00
49 00
32 50
2,353 30
745 36
$3,247 36
$21,929 82
152
AUDITORS REPORT.
STREETS, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward .
E. A. & A. T. Smith.. ......
Union Paving Co
James Walsh
Pipe Fittings, etc. :
To H. R. Barker Mfg. Co
Buffalo Steam Roller Co
Carroll Bros
W. W. Carey 4
Colonial Supply Co
Parrell & Conaton
Charles E. Gee
Good Roads Machinery Co
W. A. Mack & Co
Pevey Bros
Scannell Boiler Works
J. W. Stewart
Union Iron Foundry
Welch Bros
Painters Supplies :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
Boston Engineers Supply Co. .
John C. Bennett
Sylvester Bean
Owen E. Brennan
C. B. Coburn Co
Walter Coburn & Co
Keystone Lubricating Co
Smith & Lawrence
Books, Stationery, Printing and
Advertising :
To J. Harry Boardman
Courier-Citizen Co
Daily Mail Publishing Co
Dumas & Co
J. M. Fellows
Thomas H. Lawler
Amounts carried forward
$3,247
36
$21,929 82
4,672
14
1,137
97
879
34
Q OQfi 81
20
53
80
50
12
00
8
35
729
02
2
20
704
14
85
75
28
76
13
25
7
90
36
70
64
18
5
00
1 788 28
47
94
11
14
15
60
2
30
50
353
98
31
78
17
50
2
75
483 49
2
70
10
50
10
50
11
50
3
00
15
35
$53
55
$34,138 40
auditor's report
153
STREETS, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
Osmond Long.
Lowell Sun
Municipal Engineering Co. . . .
G. C. Prince & Son
Charles E. Robinson
Sampson, Murdock & Co
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.
Sunday Telegram
Carriage-hire and Transportation :
To American Express Co
B. & M. R. R
Man. & Con. Express Co
Meserve's L. & B. Express Co
Morse Coach Co
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. ...
N. Y. & B. Des. Express Co.
J. H. Sparks
Lighting :
To Lowell Electric Light Corp. .
Lowell Gas Light Co
Telephone :
To N. E. T. & T. Co
Veterinary :
To Charles E. Munn
J. H. Sparks
Teaming :
App. Watering Streets, Sundries . .
John Brady
E. P. Bryant
B. G. Brown
A. A. Brown
A. D. Boynton
Burnham & Davis
Amounts carried forward
$53 55 $34,138 40
3 20
10 50
2 00
30 40
316 30
6 00
20 50
4 72
447 17
15
20
554
51
15
1
15
6
00
44
1
25
32
00
419 31
62 55
29 57
610 70
481 86
29 58
260 00
62 00
322 00
628 00
74 00
186 00
217 50
128 00
364 00
v 200 00
$1,797 50
$36,029 71
154
AUDITOR S REPORT.
STREETS, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
M. Blanchard
Jacques Boisvert
E. Bibeault
Patrick Cogger
Conway Transfer Co
P. P. Conners & Co. .,
Connors Bros. Construction Co.
C. H. Clapp & Co
E. Duren
G. F. Fall
Frank Fay
C. A. Oilman
Willis Hob'bs
C. H. Hanson & Co
Home Coal Co
B. W. Johnson
Joseph Loiselle
Joseph Mullin
George H. McNabb
O. F. Prentiss
Pratt & Forrest
A. L. Pendergast
John A. Simpson
H. W. Tarbell
William H. Wiggin
Engineering :
App. Engineering
Sundries:
To Owen E. Brennan
E. W. Brown
J. P. Curley
C. H. Clapp & Co
Fred C. Church
A. F. Frost's Steam Laundry..
Patrick M. Flanagan
Gilbride's
Helen M. Gilmore
Daniel Gage
Amounts carried forward
$1,797 50 $36,029 71
28 00
28 60
20 00
216 50
146 00
32 00
29 25
92 00
68 00
20 00
78 00
102 00
435 75
1,370 50
373 50
133 25
272 00
276 50
72 00
108 00
90 00
20 00
336 50
302 50
82 00
6,530 35
3,490 30
3,490 30
1
00
10
00
1
20
29
00
175
21
31
13
200 00
9
03
6
04
36
59
$499 20 $46,050 36
AUDITOR S REPORT.
155
STREETS, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
C. H. Hanson & Co
J. G. Hill
A. G. Hill
E. F. Hathaway
Charles T. Haskell
C. M. Holmes
J. G. Holden
Keefe Bros
L. S. Kimball
Laflin & Rand Powder Co. . . .
R. J. Lang& Co
Frank E. McNabb
F. M. Merrill
Middlesex Registry of Deeds. .
James Murkland & Son
George A. Nelson
O'Suliivan Bros. Co
A. L. Park
F. E. Putnam
Harry M. Parker
A. L. Ready
S. C. Rowe •
C. H. Raymond
Ricnardson Hotel
Rice & Co
A. G. Stedman
Simpson & Rowland
W. T. True Co
II. Thompson
A. S. Taylor
Talbot Dye. & Chemical Co . .
Talbot Clothing Co
Town of Dracut
F. A. Tuttle
United States Wood Preserving
Co
H. E. Webster
William H. Ward
H. F. Whiting
C. L. Woods
Amount carried forward
$499
20 $46,050 36
587
05
50 00
17
20
13
50
50
27
65
18
60
13
25
11
25
69
00
5
70
6
20
4
00
14 50
9
50
4
50
9
00
160
00
8
40
75
00
19
60
10
00
1
00
4 00
25
26
40
58
55
10 00
21
50
]
50
3
50
3
00
35
00
299
00
5,097
39
84
25
7
50
1
78
106 00
$4,394
22 $46,050 36
156 auditor's report.
STREETS, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $7,394 22 $46,050 36
Waverly Hotel 49 00
ZopherCo ... 10 00
v 7,453 22
$53,503 58
SIDEWALK REPAIRS.
Appropriation > $5,000 00
$5,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor. . . . 1,521 08
App. Engineering 91 19
Ham & Carter Co 615 00
E. A. & A. T. Smith 2,167 26
James Walsh 604 67
4,999 20
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 80
$5,000 00
NEW SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation $8,500 00
$8,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor 2,720 60
F. A. Malorey 3,968 58
E. A. & A. T. Smith 1,716 22
8,405 40
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 94 60
$8,500 00
auditor's report. 157
LAYING OUT, GRADING AND EXTENDING
BY STREET.
Balance from 1903 2,500 00
$ 2 ' 500 °Q
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor. . . . 1,554 15
A pp. Engineering 55 58
Robert G. Bartlett, 10,020 ft.
land 701 40
Annie Bent, 722 ft", land 172 00
, 2,483 13
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 16 87
$2,500 00
WATERING STREETS, LABOR.
Appropriation $5,000 00
Receipts, Sundry Persons overdrafts 28 00
$5,028 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor. . . . 5,011 71
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 16 29
WATERING STREETS, SUNDRIES.
$5,028 00
Appropriation $10,500 00
Receipts, App. Streets, Sundries... 628 00
l * Sewer Maintenance 744 00
$11,872 00
158 auditor's report.
WATERING STREETS, SUNDRIES— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
Hardware, Pipe Fittings, etc. :
To Boutwell Bros
H. R. Baiker Mfg. Co
E. J. Carroll & Co
Farrell & Conaton
H. J. Fitzpatrick. . . ,
Fltzpatrick & Welch
D.J. Leary
D. Ziskind
Carriages, Harnesses and Repairing :
App. Streets, Yard Labor : . . .
41 " Sundries
A. H. Cluer....
Donovan Harness Co
C. H. Hanson & Co
Hay, Grain, etc. :
To Livingston Grain Co.
Paul Vigeant & Co .
O. D. Wilder
Fuel and Stone :
To Home Coal Co
F. A Malorey
Sundries :
App. Engineering
4i Water Works
American Car Sprinkler Co. . .
Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
B. & M. R. R
B. & N. St. Ry. Co
Dumas & Co
C. H, Hanson & Co
Lowell Electric Light Corp. . .
T. J. McDonald
4
34
37
86
1
35
48
11
42
00
160 00
160
00
7
51
431
80
1,581
43
5
10
12
50
18
00
64
41
74
49
25
00
i
21
50
32
39
219
00
1,370
39
5,750 00
21
15
20
00
774 00
10 00
858
75
43
16
5
30
461 17
2,048 83
163 90
53 89
Amounts carried forward $9,071 75 $2,727 79
auditor's report. 159
WATERING STREETS, SUNDRIES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $ 9,071 75 $2,727 79
J. J. O'Donnell 1 80
J. L. & H. K. Potter 21 60
Amasa Pratt Co 21 12
9,116 27
11,844 06
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 27 94
$11,872 00
SUPPLY, SALARIES.
Appropriation $5,429 00
Additional Appropriation 15 58
5,444 58
EXPENDITURES.
To James E. Donnelly, Chief of
Department of Supplies. .. 2,400 00
Abram Fenton, Inspector 785 00
Thomas J. Murphy, Inspector . 745 75
Eleanor M. Churchill, Clerk.. . 782 50
Samuel A. McPheters, Clerk. . 731 33
$5,444 58
SUPPLY, SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $875 00
Additional Appropriation 47 63
922 63
160 auditor's report.
SUPPLY, SUNDRIES— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
Books, Stationery, Printing, etc. :
To Carter's Ink Co
132
3
7
19
2
49
3
53
76
75
10
50
45
57
29
00
25
271
189
260
42
155
3
J. M. Fellows
Thomas H. Lawler
M. C. Olson Mfg. Co
G. C. Prince & Son
F. A. M. Tobin
Carriages, Harnesses and Repairing:
To Donovan Harness Co
C. H. Hanson & Co
37 75
11 25
103 00
34 70
' 2 50
67
F. B. Hill & Co
H. J. O'Dowd
Hoard of Horses :
To P. F. McNulty
T. J. McDermott
75
185
02
42
20
Shoeing Horse :
42
60
44
Telephone. Transportation :
B. & M. R. R
J. F. Kelley & Co '
N. E. T. & T. Co
101
39
13
30
25
75
35
50
47
60
Sundries :
To J. A. Filion
1
1
50
25
35
62
Geo. H. Gage.
A. G. Pollard & Co
10
$922
63
AUDITORS REPORT.
161
WATER WORKS.
Balance Jan. 1, 1904
Received from Sundry Persons for
Water Rates, Service Pipe, etc.
3,059 92
197,074 64
3.
$200,133 56
expenditure:
Salaries :
To Robert J. Crowley ]
Michael J. Dowd ! Water
August Fels j Board
Frank L. Weaver J
400 00
400 00
400 00
400 00
1,800 00
To John W. Crawford, Clerk
To Sundry Persons for Labor. .
1,600 00
64,570 63
3,400 00
66,170 63
A pp. City Debt instalments on
21,600 00
Interest :
To Commonwealth of Mass
1,400 00
'
Sundry Persons (coupons on
41,300 00
City of Lynn, Sinking Fund . .
B. V. French, Treasurer
150 00
150 00
Lowell Institution for Savings,
831 00
>
Roundout Savings Bank
Mary S. Felton
1,500 00
300 00
Paid Sundry Persons refunds on
45,631 00
1,163 26
1,163 26
$137,964 89
162
AUDITOR S REPORT.
WATER, WORKS— Continued.
Amount brought forward $137,964 89
Fuel:
To John Brady 10 00
Edward Cawley 901 39
Home Coal Co 7 00
Lowell Coal Co 13,628 88
Joseph Mullin 19 28
Daniel T. Sullivan 1,648 60
Pipe Fittings, Hydrants, Meters,
etc. :
To H. R. Barker Mfg. Co..
Builders Iron Foundry
Carroll Bros
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co
Chelmsford Foundry Co.
A. W. Chesterton & Co
Coffin Valve Co
Daniel Cushing & Co
Doherty Bros
W. & B. Douglass
Harry S. Drury
M. J. Drummond & Co
Eastern Forge Co. of Mass.. . .
Eagle Foundry
Farrell & Conaton
E-. F. Farrell
G. W. Fifield ,
W. D. Forbes Co
Greenwood & Daggett Co ....
George Green
Hersey Mfg. Co
Higgins & Kerwin
Jenkins Bros
Jones-Guage Co
Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co
Knowls Steam Pump Works. .
D. Lovejoy & Son
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co
Lowell Machine Shop
Amounts carried forward
16,215 15
103
06
279
00
142
57
185
66
80
00
52
00
247
00
104
06
44
61
2
12
1,124
84
700 40
74 40
11
59
53
3
00
113
50
10
65
168
74
4
00
1,179
65
119
34
24
86
10
00
62
05
42
10
26
77
2,392
65
6
58
$7,363 20 $154,180 04
AUDITOR S REPORT.
163
WATER, WOKKS— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
Locke Regulator Co
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co
Lynchburg Foundry Co
W. McLarney & Co
Middlesex Machine Co
A. M. Morton & Co
H. Meulher Mfg. Co
National Meter Co
Neptune Meter Co
A. F. Nichols
Penn. Metal Ceiling and Roof-
ing Co
Perrin, Seamans & Co
Pevey Bros
Renssellaer Mfg. Co
A. L. Ready & Son
Scannell Boiler Works
A. P. Smith Mfg. Co
Thomson Meter Co
Union Iron Foundry
Union Water Meter Co. ......
Walworih Mfg. Co
Welch Bros
R. D. Wood & Co
Henry R. Worthington
Hardware, etc. :
To Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
W. T. S. Bartlett
Owen E. Brennan
Bout well Bros
John Callaghan
Alfred Drake
E. P. Flanders & Co
H. C. Girard ,
W. A. Mack & Co
A. L. Ready & Son
H. B. Shattuck & Son
Smith & Lawrence
Thompson Hardware Co
Amount carried forward
$7,363 20 $154,180 04
17 46
694 73
1,898 84
11 93
10 47
21 65
242 76
2,366 26
78 25
64
45 00
51 33
7 20
201 65
90
261 67
511 00
469 16
327 46
59 05
29 56
25 19
19 00
4 48
14,718 84
21 66
2 96
35
70 68
23 42
1 00
159 61
110 81
9 60
14 00
2 20
1 73
68 89
487 91
*
$169,386 79
164 auditor's report.
WATER, WORKS— Continued.
Amount brought forward $109,386 70
Lumber :
To Burnham & Davis Lumber Co. 108 00
Pratt & Forrest 241 80
Amasa Pratt & Co 52 42
William H. Wiggin. 17 78
480 00
Oils, Paints, Packing, etc. :
To Sylvester Bean 140 19
Boston Engineers Supply Co . 495 03
Challenge Tube Cleaner Co. . . 00
C. B. Coburn Co 302 11 \
Cutter, Wood & Stevens Co.. . 6 30
Eagle Oil and Supply Co 132 31
Garlock Packing Co 71 37
F. H. Griffin & Co 100 00
Hart Packing Co 15 86
Hayden& Co 8 75
A. L. Kittredge & Co 25
G. W. Knowlton Rubber Co.. 18 66
Smith & Lawrence 3 25
The Greenwood & Daggett Co. 76 50
Valvoline Oil Co 226 69
1,603 87
Stationery, Printing, Advertising,
etc. :
To J. Harry Boardman 1 50
Frank P. Bridges & Co 3 00
Butterfield Printing Co 169 9]
Courier-Citizen Co 332 25
Daily Mail Publishing Co 20 00
Dumas & Co 153 25 ,
Engineering News Publishing 5 00
, Fire & Water Engineering. ... 3 00
Harry C. Kittredge 3 15
Lawler Printing Co . 7 05
Thomas H. Lawler 3 05
Libby Printing Co 20 35
Lowell Sun 19 20
Amounts carried forward $740 711 $171,470 72
auditor's report. 165
WATER, WORKS— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $740 71 $171,470 72
Lepine & Co
M. C. Olson Mfg. Co
G. C. Prince & Son
Saturday Free Press
Sampson, Murdock & Co. . . .
Sunday Telegram
Tilton & Co ..
F A. M. Tobin
Union Printing Co
M. G. Wight & Co
Mason Work and Material :
To John Carr & Sons
Edward Cawlcy
P. Cogger
P. Conlon
Lowell Coal Co
F. A. Malorey. .
E. A. & A. T. Smith
Staples Bros. Co
Daniel T. Sullivan
Hay, Grain, etc. :
To Ame&Co
Charles Dumas & Co
George M. Foster
T. J. McDonald
H. E. Noycs & Son
Paul Vigeant & Co
O. D. Wilder
Carriages, Harnesses and Repairing
To Abbot Downing Co
Robert Barris
E. P. Bryant
Donovan Harness Co
F. B. Hill & Co
H.J. O'Dowd
Sawyer Carriage Co
Amount carried forward
10 50
2 57
43 17
1 00
6 00
9 79
50
29 25
2 75
25 75
871 99
45 50
43 76
12 50
591 88
43 25
353 75
70 50
943 53
122 25
2,226 92
25 00
s
3 90
48 76
146 45
63 60
160 24
3 90
451 85
160 50
14 00
25 62
182 76
204 40
10 50
64 25
662 03
$175,683 51
166
AUDITOR S REPORT.
WATER, WORKS— Continued.
Amount brought forward
Shoeing Horses :
To S. A. Shattuck
Lighting and Telephone :
To Lowell Gas Light Co
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co
Insurance :
To N. G. Norcross
Expenses of Water Board:
To J. W. Crawford
Robert J. Crowley
New American
Page Catering Co
Robert J. Thomas
Transportation, Carriage-hire, etc. :
To American Express Co
B. & M. R. R
E. Duren. ....
Man. & Con. Express Co
Meserve's L. & B. Express Co.
N. Y. & B. Des. Express Co.
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R ....
J. H. Sparks
Sundries :
To App. Engineering
Bay State Incandescent Lamp
Co
Maria Bennett
John Cross
Derby & Morse
Daniel G. Fox
Gookin Bros
Daniel Gage . . .
C. E. Guthrie
C. H. Hanson & Co.
Amounts carried forward
137 19
3
69
97
08
15
00
555
31
4
50
2
00
90
00
42
50
31
32
622
45
164
25
3
25
65
6
65
28
55
37 00
1,346 69
4 40
15 00
2 00
$175,683 51
137 19
100 77
15 00
694 31
894 12
6
06
30
10
12
00
8
10
45
390
00
$1,814 80 $177,524 90
auditor's report. 167
WATER, WORKS— Continued.
Amounts brought forward
Joseph Holtham
C. W. Holmes
Keefe Bros
Lafflin-Rand Powder Co
Lowell Rendering Co
Lowell Wall Paper Co
Lull & Hartford
T. J. McDonald
J. J. McManmon
C. H. May & Co
James Murkland & Son
John J. McCann
H. C. McOsker
G. A. Nelson
O'Brien Bros
O'Sullivan Bros. Co
Prop's Locks and Canals
Harry Raynes
G. G. Read
Lorenzo E. Smith & Eben B,
Stafford
George F. Smith
Simpson & Rowland
W. A. Sherman
A. G. Stiles
Talbot Dye. & Chemical Co. .
Tucke & Parker.
E. G. Twohey
Town of Chelmsford
Waverly Hotel
H. F. Whiting
Whittet & Co
Mitchell, Wing & Co
Frank I. Zipper
Balance to 1905
$1,814 80
$177,524 90
30 38
385 13
90
30 50
21 42
2 70
1 50
3 20
133 24
4 20
20 25
75
1 16
3 75
8 00
54 00
392 90
15 00
16 50
92 46
40 50
17 75
9 50
65
3 15
143 09
359 49
55 50
17 00
90
72 78
19 04
1 25
3,773 34
181,298 24
. 18,835 32
$200,133 56
168 auditor's report.
STATE AID SALARIES AND SUNDRIES.
Appropriation $2,200 00
$2,200 00
EXPENDITURES.
To H. M. Potter, Superintendent 1,200 00
Mary C. Brennan, Assistant
Suprintendent 720 00
1,920 00
Buckland Printing Co 6 50
Butterfield Printing Co 7 00
Courier-Citizen Co 4 00
Thomas H. Lawler 12 00
N. E. T. & T. Co 3 60
M. C. Olson Mfg. Co 2 57
H. M. Potter 126 97
G. C. Prince & Son 18 50
Sampson, Murdock & Co 3 00
J. H. Sparks 3 00
187 14
2,107 14
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 92 86
$2,200 00
STATE AID.
Appropriation .\ $15,000 00
Receipts, overdrafts 50 00
~ $15,050 00
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EXPENDITURES.
Paid Sundry Persons for Aid in
1904 14,937 50
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 112 50
$15,050 00
auditor's report. 169
MILITARY AID.
Appropriation $5,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
$5,000 00
Paid Sundry Persons for Aid In*
1904..... 3,931 00
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 1,069 00
$5,000 00
SOLDIERS RELIEF.
Appropriation $9,100 00
Receipts, Sundry Persons overdrafts 48 00
— 9,148 00
EXPENDITURES.
Cash Allowances 6,144 00
6,144 00
Provisions, Fuel etc. :
App. Paupers, O. D. R. Gen-
eral Sundries 77 80
W. H. Brown 2 0Q
J. S. Brooks 44 00
John H. Burke 52 00
Blackstone Market 6 00
Broadway Cash Market 26 00
John Brady.. 1 00
Edward Cawley 151 80
C. F. Devno.... 94 00
Family Supply Co 240 00
W. F. Gallagher 18 00
W. T. Griffin '. 38 00
W. J. Hardy & Co 56 00
A, M. Huntoon & Co . 5 00
Amounts carried forward $811 40 $6,144 00
170 auditor's report.
SOLDIERS RELIEF— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $811 40 $6,144 00
Keefe Bros 93 92
A. J. Keith 71 00
J. M. Kingsbury 124 00
Lowell Coal Co 196 84
Lowell Gas Light Co. ...... . 4 00
George Lynch 275 00
Lincoln Square Grocery 42 00
Hugh McCluskey 5 00
J. J. McCausland & Co 10 00
McDonald Bros 28 00
O'Sullivan Bros. Co 1 50
M. N. Peabody * 2 00 <
Ranlett & Ranlett 25 00
Ranlett Grocery Co 6 00
J. B. Richardson & Sons 72 00
John F. Saunders. 3 00
J.J. Stack 29 00
F. R. Strout 77 00
J. F. Stearns 86 00
Union Market 60 00
S. W. Wiggin 9 00
Interments :
To J. W. Brooks
J. B. Currier
Peter Davey
J. W. McKenna
C. H. Molloy
J. F. O'Donnell & Sons
Walter Perham
John F. Rogers
Saunders' Undertakers Estab-
lishment
John A. Weinbeck
C. M. Young & Co
Physicians :
To Solon Bartlett
W. A. Johnson
J. E. Leary 63 00 257 00
35
00
35
00
35
00
35
00
35
00
35
00
35
00
35
00
70 00
70
00
140
00
173 00
21
00
63
00
2,031 86
560 00
Amount carried forward $8,992 86
auditor's report. 171
SOLDIERS RELIEF— Continued.
Amount brought forward $8,992 86
Sundries :
To City of Lawrence 31 43
City of Taunton 7 50
Lowell Hospital Association. . 15 00
H. M. Potter 24 25
' 78 18
9,071 04
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 76 96
$9,148 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Balance Jan. 1, 1904 700,000 00
Borrowed in 1904 1,300,000 00
$2,000,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Bond & Goodwin 300,000 00
First National Bank of Boston, 300,000 00
Lowell Institution for Savings, 600,000 00
$1,200,000 00
Balance to 1905 800,000 00
$2,000,00 000
CITY DEBT.
Appropriation $275,580 50
Received from Commissioners of
Funds on Extension of Fort
Hill Park Sinking Fund 70,210 29
Received from App. for Water
Works 21,600 00
$367,390 79
172 auditor's report
CITY DEBT— Continued.
EXPENDITURES.
To Commissioners of Sinking
Funds 2,500 00
Central Savings Bank 16,220- 00
Commonwealth of Mass 28,250 00
City Institution for Savings. . . 7,100 00
City of Lynn Sinking Fund. . . 7,500 00
East River Savings Bank 5,000 00
Leominster Savings Bank 3,000 00
Lowell Five Cent Savings Ba^nk 520 00
Lowell Institution for Savings, 188,193 50
N. E. Mutual Life Insurance
Co 1,900 00
Seamans Bank ior Savings .... 17, 500 00
Sundry Persons 70,210 29
Washington Savings Institution 5,997 00
West Side Savings Bank 13,500 00
INTEREST.
Appropriation $135,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Boston Five Cent Savings
Bank 1,875 00
Bowery Savings Bank 6,000 00
Bond & Goodwin 2,859 16
City Institution for Savings.. . . 1,420 00
Commonwealth of Mass 2,033 75
Commissioners of Sinking
Funds 437 50
Central Savings Bank. 3,325 62
East River Savings Institution, 280 00
E. W. & E. F. Fox 50 00
N. W. Harris & Co 50 00
Hospital Aid Society, Keene,
N. H 20 00
Leominster Savings Bank 400 00
Amount carried forward $18,751 03
$367,390 79
$135,000 00
auditor's report. 173
i
INTEREST— Continued.
Amount brought forward $ 18,751 03
Emma W. Lewis 40 00
Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank 104 00
Lowell Institution for Savings, 58,703 08
Ministry -at-Large 600 00
N. E. Mutual Life Insurance
Co 228 00
N. Y. Savings Bank 2,000 00
John J. O'Donnell 5 85
Charles Russell 100 00
Seamans Bank for Savings . . . 1,850 00
Trustees Estate Thos. Ncsmith 1,500 00
Trustees Public Burial Grounds 1,027 74
Treasurer High St. Church. . . CO 00
Estate Samuel Watts 120 00
Mary J. Watts 40 00
Washington Savings Institution 1,62G 55
Sundry Persons on bonds ...'.. 30,533 68
117,289 93
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 17,710 07
$135,000 00
SINKING FUND.
Appropriation $38,300 00
$38,300 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Commissioners of Sinking
Funds
Water Loan Sinking Fund 16.000 00
High Service Sinking Fund. . . 1,800 00
High School Sinking Fund . . . 3.000 00
New School Houses Sinking
Fund 7 4,000 00
Extension Ft. Hill Park Sinking
Fdnd 6,000 00
City Flail and Memorial Bld'g
Sinking Fund 7,500 00
$38,300 00
174 auditor's report.
CARNEY MEDAL FUND.
Balance Undrawn Jan. 1, 1904 $200 00
$200 00
Balance Undrawn Dec. 31st 1904. . . $200 00
$200 00
TAXES.
Received from General Treasury
Fund Taxes 231 30
Received from Abatement of Taxes. 104 50
$335 80
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Sundry Persons for taxes over-
paid 335 80
$335 80
EDSON CEMETERY ANNEX.
Balance undrawn Jan. 1, 1904.. . . 961 01
$961 01
EXPENDITURES.
To Sundry Persons for Labor. . . . 422 64
Charles T. Fish 50 00
Margaret Marshall 72 00
M. Murphy 110 00
654 64
Balance carried forward to 1905. . . 306 37
$961 01
auditor's report. 175
CORPORATION TAX.
Appropriation $46 32
$46 32
Paid Commonwealth of Mass 46 32
$46 32
NATIONAL BANK TAX.
Appropriation $11,603 35
$11,603 35
Paid Commonwealth of Mass.
balance 284 55
Paid Commonwealth of Mass. tax
of 1904 11,318 80
$11,603 35
STATE TAX.
Appropriation $63,034 43
$63,034 43
Paid Commonwealth of Mass. State
Tax 58,050 00
Paid Commonwealth of Mass.
Armory Loan Sinking Fund . . 1,764 29
Paid Commonwealth of Mass.
Interest 3,220 14
$63,034 43
COUNTY TAX.
Appropriation $78,478 87
$78,478 87
■■■■■■■■■UUH
Paid County of Middlesex tax of
1004 78,478 87
$78,478 87
176 auditor's report.
STATE HIGHWAY TAX.
Appropriation $97 04
$97 04
Paid Commonwealth of Mass. tax
of 1904 97 04
$97 04
TAX CASES.
Balance undrawn Jan. 1, 1904 618 58
$618 58
EXPENDITURES.
To Charles E. Howe 46 00
William A. Hogan 246 50
292 50
Balance to 1905 326 08
$618 58
II ■!■ IMII—JMI— i MM—
BENNETT PORTRAIT.
Balance undrawn Jan. 1, 1904 300 00
$300 00
EXPENDITURES.
To W. H. Downs 300 00
$300 00
GREENHALGE PORTRAIT.
Balance undrawn Jan. 1, 1904 300 00
$300 00
Balance Dec. 31st 1904 300 00
$300 00
AUDITORS REPORT.
177
BUTLER PORTRAIT.
Balance undrawn Jan. 1, 1904 300 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Walter Oilman Page 300 00
$300 00
$300 00
MEMORIAL DAY, G. A. R.
Appropriation $1,000 00
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Music:
To J. Avison Baker 25 00
J. H. Jernnotte 24 00
Lowell Cadet Band 75 00
Lowell Military Band 75 00
National Baud 75 00
Union Musicale Band 75 00
349 00
Printing, Painting etc. :
To A. Jamieson 4 00
Post 185 G. A. R 3 71
F. A. M. Tobin 3 75
Union Printing Co 6 75
18 21
Refreshments :
To Page Catering Co 90 00
Post 42 G. A. R 27 00
Post 120 G. A. R 31 02
Post 185 G. A. R 31 01
179 03
Amount carried forward $546 24
178
AUDITOR S REPORT.
MEMORIAL DAY, G. A. R
Amounts brought forward
Decorations, Plants etc.:
To C. L. Marshall
C. F. Young
Transportation, Carriage Hire etc,
To B. & N. St. Ry
O. P. Davis ,.
Edward Judge
D. P. Knowlton
J. H. Sparks
Sundries :
To F. P. Fish
C. H. Kimball & Co
F. B. Peabody
Pevey Bros
Post 120 G. A. R
Props. Lowell Cemetery ....
Shaw Stocking Co
George E. Worthen
■Continued.
$546 24
98 91
43 00
141 91
16 00
15 00
3 50
5 00
45 00
84 50
90 00
50 00
30 00
35 00
9 70
*
3 00
7 75
1 40
227 35
$1,000 00
MEMORIAL DAY, SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
Appropriation $200 00
$200 00
To Mrs. Eleanor Dubuque
Gen. Butler Associ;
Lawler Printing Co
Morse Coach Co . .
J. J. McManmon . .
James Walsh .....
ue
ion Band.
3.
30 00
100 00
16 70
12 00
3 00
38 30
$200 00
AUDITOR S REPORT.
179
FOURTH OF JULY OBSERVANCE.
Appropriation $3,000 00
Receipts from Waverly Hotel
Overdraft 8 00
EXPENDITURES.
Music :
To American Band 92 00
Lowell Cadet Band 100 00
Lowell Military Band 100 00
National Band 100 00
Union Musicale Band 100 00
Fire Works :
To W. A. Luce 800 00
To Sundry Persons for Prizes .... 194 00
$3,008 00
492 00
800 00
194 00
Firing Salute and Ringing Bells :
To Lowell Mechanic Phalanx. . . .
Arthur E. Willman
Children's Entertainment :
To William H. Way
Balloon Ascension :
To James Allen & Son
Sundries :
To App. Sewer Maintenance
Sundries
Thomas J. Connors
Frank M. Dowling
C. H. Kimball
A. R. Lopez
Lowell Gas Light Co
Amounts carried forward. $233 07 $2,34G 00
150 00
10 00
160 00
200 00
200 00
500 00
500 00
112 38
7 15
47 80
44 00
20 75
•
99
180 auditor's report.
FOURTH OF JULY, OBSERVANCE— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $233 07 $2,346 00
D. L. Page Co 9 00
Joseph E. Pattee 21 00
F. O. Prentiss 5 00
J. H. Sparks 4 00
Waverley Hotel 16 00
W. U. Tel. Co 25
Welch Bros 6 00
294 32
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund 367 68
$3,008 00
LABOR DAY.
Appropriation $1,500 00
$1,500 00
Transferred to General Treasury
Fund $1,500 00
$1,500 00
BAND CONCERTS.
Appropriation . $650 00
$650 00
EXPENDITURES,
To American Band 120 00
Lowell Cadet Band 120 00
Lowell Military Baud 120 00
L'Union Musicale Band 120 00
National Band 120 00
Welch Bros 50 00
$650 00
auditor's report. 181
LOWELL TEXTILE SCHOOL.
Appropriation $8,000 00
$8,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Trustees Lowell Textile School 8,000 00
$8,000 00
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, INJURIES, ETC.,
Appropriation $1,239 00
$1,239 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Nathaniel Allen 50 00
Geneva Boynton 30 00
Thomas J. Brosnan 200 00
Catherine Carroll 100 00
William J. Dresser 40 00
Celude Druin 25 00
Peter A. Golden 30 00
Katherine M. Lawrence 150 00
JohnMalone 75 00
Elizabeth Marren 114 00
Christopher McGrath 250 00
Jane Ryan 75 00
Thomas Sayers 50 00
William H. Wiggin 50 00
$1,239 00
> WMllWIWiaiilwul Hill
FIRE ALAM BOX, COR. AIKEN AVE. AND
CUMBERLAND ROAD.
Appropriation $150 00
$150 00
EXPENDITURES.
To W. E. Decrow 150 00
$150 00
182 auditor's report
REPAIRS OF STEAMER 3.
Appropriation $2,000 00
$2 t 000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To B. & M. R. R 14 25
Balance to 1905 1,985 75
$2,000 00
RICHARDSON BILL.
Appropriation $5,400 00
$5,400 00
EXPENDITURES.
To George F. Richardson for ser-
vices 5,400 00
$5,400 00
REBATES ON RENT PAID FOR HUNTINGTON HALL.
Appropriation $420 00
$420 00
EXPENDITURES.
To Bachellor Club 10 00
Fraternal Order of Eagles 20 00
James J. Gray 210 00
Henry J. Keyes 10 00
Knights of Columbus . 60 00
Knights of Pythias 10 00
L. & S. Aid Association . . 10 00
Lowell Cadet Orchestra 10 00
Mathew Temperance Institute, 10 00
Mohair Cricket Club 10 00
R. C. Paradis 10 00
J. J. Redmond 10 00
T. F. Rohan 10 00
Y. M. C. 1 30 00
$420 00
auditor's report.
183
TAXES.
The amount of taxes assessed on the Polls and on the Real
and Personal Estates within the City of Lowell, for the year 1904,
was as follows :
Valuation of and Tax on Real and Personal Property.
VALUATION.
RATE.
TAX.
Real Estate. . .$56,773,140 00
Personal Estate . 14, 841, 767 00
$20 00 per $1,000
20 00 per 1,000
Tax on property.
$1,135,462 80
296,835 34
Total valuation $71,614,907 00
$1,432,298 14
Number of Polls 25.555 at $2.00 each $51,110 00
Tax assessed on shares of stock in
the National Banks of Lowell, •
held by non-residents and which
are not included in the City
valuation 11,239 36
$1,494,647 50
184 auditor's report.
GENERAL TREASURY FUND, TAXES.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1904 597,034 41
Assessment 1904 1,494,047 50
Appropriated for taxes paid twice. . 231 30
$2,091,913 21
Receipts 1,494,770 49
Abated by Assessors. 23,807 39
1,518,577 88
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1904 $573,335 33
GENERAL TREASURY FUND, LOANS.
Received from Sundry Persons on
account of Permanent Loans.. . 254,414 00
Received from Sundry » Persons on
account of Temporary Loans. . 1,300,000 00
$1,544,414 00
APPROPRIATED.
Temporary Loans.. 1,300,000^00
Permanent Loaus 253,953 74 i
Balance to General Treasury Fund
Revenue 460 26
$1,554,414 00
auditor's report, 185
GENERAL TREASURY FUND, REVENUE.
Received into General Treasury
Fund from Sundry departments 414,539 94
Transferred from Sundry depart-
ments 2,550 00
Transferred from General Treasury
Fund Loans 460 26
Balance from Sundry departments. . 32,952 58
450,502 78
Balance of Appropriation in excess
of Receipts 9,705 30
Total Estimated Revenue 457,658 00
Transferred to Sundry departments, 2,550 00
460,208 08
$460,208 08
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COST OF SEWERS LAID IN 1904.
Avon Street. Southerly from Fifth Ave. , a distance
of two hundred and eighty-five (285) feet $ 1,029 13
Avon Street. Northerly from Seventh Ave., a dis-
tance of eighty (80) feet 156 77
Beaulieu Street. From West Sixth St., easterly a
distance of four hundred seventy six (476) feet 3,635 54
Boisvert Street. From West Sixth Street a distance
of four hundred and thirty seven feet (437) feet 875 27
Bridge Street. From Billings Street, southeily a
distance of one hundred fifty four (154) feet. . . 330 20
By Street. From Barker Ave. , westerly a distance
of seven hundred and forty five (745) feet 2,374 60
Canton Street. — Relaid from Middlesex St., south-
erly a distance of two hundred twenty four(224)
feet 413 16
Colonial Ave. and Plymouth St., From Riverside
Street, easterly in Colonial Ave., to Plymouth
Street, and northerly in Plymoutn St., a total
distance of one thousand (1000) feet 3,933 66
City Ave., — Relaid From a point near Palmer St.,
westerly a distance of one hundred and thirteen
(113) feet : . . . . 1,243 73
Dana Street From Ludlam Street, northerly a dis-
tance of three hundred forty eight (348feet. . . . 1,138 93
East Merrimack and Willow Sts., — relaid ; From
a point near High St., easterly to Willow St..
and sovtherly in Willow St., making a total
distance of six hundred and seven (607) feet. . . $2,003 77
East Merrimack Street. Outlet, In rear of Mill opp.
Brown St., twenty eight (28) feet . 288 47
Eaton Street. From London St., south a distance
of one hundred and forty eight (148) feet 315 46
Forrest and Stevens Sts., From Chelmsford St., to
Stevens, and northerly in Stevens St., making a
total distance of three thousand six hundred and
twenty three (3623) feet 37,389 68
Genoa Ave. Bodwell Ave. and Third Ave., From
Sarah Ave., easterly to Bodwell Ave., norther-
ly in Bodwell Ave., to Third Ave., and wester-
ly in Third Ave., making a total distance of
one thousand four hundred and thirty five
(1435) feet 2,754 16
auditor's report. 193
COST OF SEWERS LAID IN 1904.— Continued.
Highland Ave. , From the end of the sewer former-
ly laid, southerly a distance of six hundred and
fifty nine (659) feet 1,787 34
Lipton Street. From Midland St., southerly a dis-
tance of one hundred and eighty (180) feet... . 394 80
Middlesex and Wood Sts., From Middlesex St.,
southerly in Wood St, a distance of three hund-
red and two (302) feet 448 49
Riverside St. , From White St., northerly a dis-
tance of nine hundred and eleven (911) feet.. . . 3,223 16
Saunders &ve., From the end of Sewer formerly
laid, southerly a distance of five hundred fifty
six (556) feet 1,469 26
Short Street. From Manufacturers St., westerly
three hundred and ten (310) feet 512 39
Sutherland and Hildreth St., From the end of
Sewer formerly laid in Sutherland St., westerly
to Hildreth St., and northerly in Hildreth St.,
making a total distance of two hundred and se-
venty seven (277) feet 1,080 12
Staples Street. From Westford St. , southerly a
distance of two hundred and eighty two (282)
feet 693 54
Stevens, West Forrest and Clifford Sts. From Jen-
ness St., northerly in Stevens St. West Forrest
St. westerly in West Forrest St. to Clifford St.
and northerly in Clifford St. milking a total dis-
tance of one thousand three hundred seventy-
three (1373) feet 11,151 34
Stromquist Ave. — unfinished. From the end of the
sewer in Meadowcroft St. at Lundberg St.,
southerly and westerly to point opposite the ex-
tension of Stromquist Ave. thence southerly in
extension of Stromquist Avenue to a point op-
posite CosgroveSt., a distance of one thous-
and four hundred twelve (1412) feet 26,606 78
Westford St. From Pine St. . westerly a distance
of two hundred seventy (270) feet 1,486 43
West Sixth St. From Ennell St., easterly a dis-
tance of four hundred thirteen (413) feet 1,257 67
Woodcock St. From Gershom Ave., northerly a
distance of two hundred eighty-one (281) feet. . 957 15
194 auditor's report.
COST OF SEWERS LAID IN 1904.— Continued.
White St. extension, — unfinished. From White
St. at Riverside St., southeasterly in the bed of
the Merrimack River and bordering on Colonial
Ave., a distance of five hundred ninety-five
(595) feet 6,011 85
Cost of Sewers in 1904 114,962 85
Cost of Sewers constructed previous to 1904 2,790,442 99
Total cost of Sewers to Jan. 1, 1905 2,905,405 84
AUDITOR S REPORT.
195
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND THEIR VALUATION— 1904.
City Hall
Memorial Building
Police Station ...
City Scales
Public Landing and Police Stable. .
Lands and Building on Fletcher
Street ....
Lands and Buildings on Fletcher,
Cross, Broadway and La-
grange Streets
City Farm and Buildings
Rifle Range
410,000 00
200,000 00
88,000 00
750 00
9,500 00
3,000 00
100,000 00
200,000 00
14,000 00
1,025,250 00
FIRE ENGINE HOUSES.
Branch Street 22,000 00
Central Street 11,000 00
Fletcher Street 18,000 00
Fourth Street 15,000 00
Gorham Street 27,000 00
High Street 24,000 00
Lincoln Street 5,500 00
Lawrence Street 20,000 00
Merrimack Street 5,000 00
Mammoth Road 15,500 00
Palmer Street 90,000 00
Westford Street 18,000 00
Warren Street 11,000 00
288,000 00
SCHOOL HOUSES.
High School ,
High School Annex. . . .
Bartlett (old)
Bartlett (new)
Butler
Colburn
Amounts carried forward
250,000 00
105,000 00
25,000 00
108,000 00
63,000 00
25,000 00
576,000 00 1,313,250 00
196
AUDITORS REPORT,
SCHOOL HOUSES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward 576,000 00 1,313,250 00
Edson 25,000 00
Franklin 25,000 00
Green r 105,000 00
Highland 67,000 00
Lincoln 77,000 00
Moody (new) 80,000 00
Moody (old) 20,000 00
Mann 25,000 00
Pawtucket 53,000 00
Varnum 110,000 00
Primary Schools :
Oakland 12,000 00
Powell Street 8,000 00
Plain Street 21,000 00
London Street Annex 1,000 00
London Street 5,000 00
School Street 7,500 00
Pond Street 6,000 00
High Street 9,000 00
Carter Street 52,000 00
Fayette Street 3,500 00
Cross Street 24,000 00
Billings Street 16,000 00
Cabot Street 23,500 00
Middlesex Village (old) 2,000 00
Middlesex Village (new) 16,000 00
West Sixth Street 7,000 00
Mammoth Road 1,500 00
Lakeview Ave. and Annex. . ..... 9,500 00
Ames Street 9,500 00
Tenth Street 9,000 00
Favor Street 28,000 00
Cottage Street 4,500 00
Charles Street 20,000 00
Training 31,000 00
Cheever Street 12,000 00
Chapel Street 4,000 00
Central Street 13,500 00
Howard Street 5.000 00
Amounts carried forward 1,524,000 00 1,313,250 00
AUDITOR S REPORT,
197
SCHOOL HOUSES— Continued.
Amounts brought forward $1,524,000 00 $1,313,250 00
Worthen Street 25,000 00
Lyons Street 20,000 00
Dover Street 13,500 00
Morrill School 19,000 00
Agawam Street 9,000 00
Grand Street 5,000 00
Kirk Street 18,000 00
Weed Street 10,500 00
Lexington Ave 10,000 00
Moody Street 20,000 00
Pine Street 23,000 00
Lilley Ave 1,000 00
Highland Annex 3,700 00
1,701,700 00
Other Real Estate
Lot of Land on Chelmsford Street.. 5,000 00
Lot of Land on Fletcher and
Bowers Streets 20,000 00
Lot of Land on Tenth Street 5,000 00
North Common 100,000 00
South Common 200,000 00
Mount Vernon Park 4,350 00
Belvidere Park 20,000 00
Wilson Park 200 00
Rogers Fort Hill Park. 150,000 00
Tyler Park 8,000 00
Varnum Park 6,000 00
Monument Square 15,000 00
533,550 00
$3,548,500 00
198 auditor's report.
WATER WORKS.
The Real Estate and Personal Property belonging
to the City, occupied and used by the Water
Works $4,375,888 07
BURIAL GROUNDS OWNED BY THE CITY.
No. 1 Burial Ground on Schol Street.
No. 2 Burial Ground on Gorham Street.
Edson Cemetery on Gorham Street.
AUDITOR S REPORT.
199
PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY IN
CHARGE OF THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.
Auditor
City Clerk '.
City Treasurer
City Weigher
City Sealer
City Messenger
City Cemeteries
Clerk of Committees
Engineering
Elections
Fire Department
Health ...
Inspector of Milk
Inspector of Wires
Law
Library
Mayor
Paupers, Out Door Relief
Lowell City Hospital and Alms-
house ,
Police
Public Buildings
Parks
Registrars
Schools
Streets
Sewers
State Aid
Supply
Watering Streets
Bell and Clock High St. Church
Lighting
Boulevard
50 00
250 00
500 00
250 00
250 00
250 00
1,520 25
170 50
3,355 60
1,150 00
154,000 00
10,258 80
827 99
655 44
3,030 35
70,500 00
250 00
4,000 00
21,525 78
30,181 02
12,091 74
4.821 85
50 00
51,368 10
42,797 97
22,313 47
250 00
530 94
7,442 00
1,000 00
17,000 00
3,078 65
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 201
ACCOUNT OF CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
OF TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1904.
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 1, 1905.
To the Honorable the City Council :
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit the following report
of the receipts and expenditures of the City of Lowell for the
financial year 1904.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW G. STILES,
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
202
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
Andrew G. Stiles, City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, in
Dr. To Cash reeeived on account of :
Cash balance Jan. 1, 1904 $106,476 80
Engineering 7,755 12
Fire Department, Sundries 185 33
Health Office, Sundries 175 70
Health Yard, Labor 163 75
Inspector of Wires, Sundries 09
Parks, Sundries 94 59
Almshouse, Grain, Groceries and
Provisions 8,745 36
Almshouse, Sundries 1,311 00
Out-Door Relief, General Sundries, 136 20
Police, Salaries and Labor 1.206 51
Public Buildings, Carpenters 1,272 81
Public Buildings, Materials 49 60
Schools 13 60
School Houses, Labor 1,120 44
School Houses, Kalsomining and
Materials 1,119 01
Sewers Maintenance, Labor 509 54
Sewers Maintenance, Sundries 3,208 43
State Aid 50 00
Soldiers Relief 48 00
Streets, Labor 83 10
Streets, Yard Labor 533 55
Streets, Sundries 2,318 46
Watering Streets, Labor 28 00
Watering Streets, Sundries 1,372 00
Water Works 197,073 64
City Debt 91,810 29
Sewers Construction 16 00
Fourth of July 8 00
$487,884 92
GENERAL TREASURY FUND RECEIPTS.
City Cemeteries
Amounts carried forward
$8,104 75
$8,104 75 $487,884 92
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
203
Account with the City of Lowell for the Financial Year 1904.
By Cash paid on account of
Cr.
Abatement of Taxes
Assessors, Salaries
Sundries
Auditor, Salaries
Sundries
Care City Hall, Labor
Police Officer
Sundries
City Cemeteries :
City Clerk, Salaries
Sundries
City Treasurer, Salaries
Sundries
City Sealer, Salaries
Sundries
City Weigher, Salaries
Sundries
City Messenger, Salaries
Sundries
Lighting
Clerk Committees, Salaries
Sundries
Clerk of Couucil
Elections .
Fish Warden
Pound Keeper
Engineering
Fire Department, Salaries
Sundries
Health Office, Salaries
Sundries
Health Yard, Labor
Sundries
Heating City Hall and Memorial
Buildings, Labor
Fuel
Sundries
Huntington Hall. . . '.
Rifle Range, Janitor
Targets
Amount carried forward. . «
48,496
19
12,534
13
1,147
58
3,527
00
440
84
5 325
00
1,006
50
900
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8,971
63
4,628
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1,063
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4,022
85
350
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399
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1,550
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140
85
300
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25
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92
15,033
45
109,854
23
24,449
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9,135
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2,621
26
28,637 26
5,048
43
2,984 00
4,300 00
644
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4,556
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456
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83
63
$326,577 67
204 REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
Andrew G. Stiles, City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, in
Dr. To Cash received on account of :
Amounts brought forward $8,104 75 $487,884 92
City Clerk 1,379 77
City Treasurer 2,993 50
City Sealer 332 39
City Weigher. . 175 92
Fire Department 147 53
Health 4,004 46
Huntington Hall 2,063 00
Inspector Milk 104 50
Almshouse 5,476 20
Out-Door Relief 4,893 74
Police 17,039 63
Public Buildings 2,407 00
Schools 6,086 00
Sewers 135,574 56
Streets 57,976 26
State Aid 14,701 00
Military Aid 2,447 50
Soldiers Relief . 746 00
Watering Streets 16,199 37
Interest 36,206 14
Temporary Loans 1,300,000 00
Taxes of 1889 18,032 00
Taxes of 1900 50 68
Taxes of 1901 ... 234 61
Taxes of 1902. 157,664 84
Taxes of 1903 170,171 45
Taxes of 1904 ,, 1,148,616 91
Incidentals 3,500 35
Corporation Tax 66,415 80
Liquor Licenses 171,899 00
Tevvksbury Explosion 780 61
Heating '. 1,301 93
City Parks 1,072 00
Police Underground Wires 2,000 00
Fire Dept. Underground Wires 2,000 00
Richardson Bill 5,400 00
Four - room Building, Highland
School 2,700 00
Amounts carried forward $3,370,889 40 $487,884 92
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
205
Account with the City of Lowell for the Financial Year 1904.
By cash paid on account of
Cr.
Amount brought forward
Taxes
Repairs
Improvements
Inspector of Animals
Incidentals
Insurance
Inspector of Milk, Salaries
Sundries
Inspector of Wires, Salaries
Sundries
Law. Salaries
Sundries
Lighting Streets
Public Buildings
Sundries
Library
Liquor Licenses
Mayor. Salary
Sundries
Stenography
Parks, Salaries and Labor
Sundries
Almshouse, Salaries
Grain, Groceries and Provisions
Labor
Sundries
Out-Door Relief, Salaries
General Sundries
Office Sundries
Police, Salaries and Labor
Board and Clerk
Sundries
Public Buildings, Salaries
Carpenters, etc
Janiior Police Station
Asst. Janitor Police Station. . .
Janitor Memorial Buildings. . .
Board of Horses
Amount carried forward
$326,577 67
79
45
71
66
299
94
500 00
2,573
61
5,287
77
2,206
50
138
37
2,128
00
737
74
4,828
01
714
24
101,201
39
20
34
147
37
10,000 00
42,974
00
4,200 00
186
22
7
25
8,551
38
3,544
48
2,700
00
32,627
38
12,618
48
23,675
17
3,785
00
48,496
15
825
86
132,482
13
5,000 00
7,099
34
2,268
00
8,239
00
912
50
818
97
702
00
1,264
94
$806,490 31
206 REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
Andrew G. Stiles, City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes in
Dr. To Cash recevied on account of :
Amounts brought forward $3,370,899 40 $487,884 92
Bath Room F. & B. St. Engine
House . . . 800 00
Bath Room Fourth St. Engine
House GOO 00
Sanitary Imp. Sundry Schools 600 00
Repairs Steamer 3 2,000 00
Excise Tax 7,166 26
National Bank Tax 8.605 70
State Tax 1,200 00
Street Railway Tax. 7,834 57
School Houses 4 50
Claims and Damages 1,014 00
Carbage Cremator 10,000 00
Additional Dept. Appropriations... 53,000 00
3,463,724 43
$3,951,609 35
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
207
Account with the City of Lowell for the Financial Year 1904.
By cash paid on account of Cr
Amounts brought forward
Work not done by Dept 5,087 16
Materials 4,043 52
Electric Power at Shop 254 76
Repairing Boiler at City Hall. . 1,499 98
Repairing Palmer St. Engine
House 1,500 00
New Boiler Branch St. Engine
House . 499 98
Almshouse Repairs 2,499 81
Painting City Hall 278 55
Registrars, Salaries and Labor 3,201 25
Sundries 824 26
Schools 299,532 79
School Houses, Labor 11,580 19
Janitors 40,606 73
Kalsomining, Materials, etc. . . 11,590 02
Repairing Fuller & Warren
Furnaces 980 52
New Boiler Lyon St. School. . 500 00
New Boiler Training School. . 499 97
New Chimney Highland School 125 00
Concrete School Basements. . . 200 00
Sewers Maintenance, Salaries 2,896 27
Labor 12,451 57
Sundries 11,767 06
State Aid, Salaries and Sundries ... 2, 107 14
Military Aid 3,931 00
Soldiers Relief 9,071 04
Streets, Salaries 4,000 00
Labor • 131,589 46
Yard Labor 11,501 94
Sundries 53,503 58
Sidewalk Repairs 4,999 20
. New Sidewalks 8,405 40
Supply. Salaries 5. 444 58
Sundries 922 63
Watering Streets, Labor 5,011 71
Sundries 11,844 06
Amounts carried forward
$806,490 31
$1,471,301 44
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
209
Andrew G. Stiles, City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, in
Account with the City of Lowell for the Financial Year 1904.
By cash paid on account of :
Amount brought forward
State Aid, Aid 14,937 50
Taxes Cases 292 50
Water Works 181,298 24
City Debt 367,390 79
Interest 117,289 93
Temporary Loans 1,200,000 00
Sinking Funds 38,300 00
Corporation Tax 46 32
County Tax 78,478 87
State Tax 63,034 43
National Bank Tax 11,603 35
State Supervisors 824 00
Taxes 335 80
Edson Cemetery Annex 654 64
Laying out By Street 2.483 13
Sewers Construction 115,989 42
Health, Small Pox 1,010 02
Memorial Day G. A. R 1,000 00
" S. W. V 200 00
Parks, Care of Trees 999 99
Lowell Textile School 8,000 00
Fourth of July 2,640 32
Band Concerts 650 00
Claim for Damages 1,239 00
Bennett Portrait 300 00
Police Underground Wires 1,272 81
Fire Dept. Underground Wires. . . . 1,311 67
Four-room Bldg. Highland School, 2,699 57
Improvement Sanitary Condition
Colburn School 1,999 82
Sanitary Improvem't Sundry Schools 599 90
Richardson Bill 5,400 00
Fire Alarm Box, Aiken Ave 150 00
Bath Room 4th St. Engine House.. 599 84
Bath Room Fletcher and Branch
St, Engine House 800 00
Repairs of Steamer 3 14 25
Amount carried forward
Cr.
$1,471,301 44
$3,695,148 40
REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 211
Andrew G. Stiles, City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, in
Account with the City of Lowell for the Financial Year 1904.
By cash paid on account of : Cr.
Amount brought forward $3,695,148 40
Butler Portrait 300 00
Middlesex Village School Bell 307 88
Rebates Huntington Hall 420 00
State Highway Tax 97 04
3,696,273 32
Cash balance Dec. 31, 1904 • 255,336 03
$3,951,609 35
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING
FUNDS FOR THE YEAR 1904.
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 2, 1905.
To the Honorable the City Council of Lowell :
Gentlemen : — The Commissioners of Sinking Funds of the
City of Lowell have the honor to submit the following report of
the several Sinking Funds of said City and of the Hapgood Wright
Centennial Trust Fund, for the year 1904.
Full value of all Sinking Funds Jan. 1, 1905 $650,447 62
Full value of all Sinking Funds Jan. 1, 1904 659,215 25
Decrease during the year 1904 $8,767 63
Value of Water Loan Sinking Funds Jan. 1, 1905, $406,430 22
Value of Water Loan Sinking Fnnds Jan. 1, 1904, 373 505 74
Increase during the year 1904 $32,924 48
Value of all other Sinking Funds Jan. 1, 1905 $244,017 40
Value of all other Sinking Funds Jan. 1, 1904 . . . 285,709 51
Decrease during the year 1904 $41,692 11
Total decrease as above $8,767 63
REPORT OF THE COMMISIONERS OF SINKING FUNDS. 213
Value of the Hapgood Wright Centennial Trust
Fund Jan. 1, 1905 $3,208 93
Value of the Hapgood Wright Centennial Trust
Fund Jan. 1, 1904 3,143 24
Increase during the year $125 69
During the year the Extension of Rogers Fort Hill Park
Sinking Fund has been closed.
A statement of the receipts, payments and present yalue of the
several Sinking Funds and a list of the securities in each fund
follows :
214 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUNDS,
Water Loan Sinking Fund.
On hand Jan. 1, 1904
Received during 1904:
Cash — Annual Appropriation
Income on Investments
Income on Bank Deposits
Securities matured or sold
Securities bought in 1904
Paid for Securities in 1904
On hand Jan. 1, 1905
Increase du ring 1904
Securities belonging to this fund:
3 City of Springfield coupon bonds, 6 per cent..
4 City of Lewiston coupon bonds, 5 per cent . . .
10 Town of Sharon coupon bonds, 4 per cent
12 Town ofjAthol coupon bonds, 4 per cent
15 City of Portsmouth coupon bonds, 4 per cent.
14 City of Waterville coupon bonds, 4 per cent..
14 City of Saginaw coupon bonds, 4 per cent —
4 City of Everett registered bonds, 4 per cent..
1 City of Boston registered bonds, 4 per cent
1 City of Lowell registered bonds, 3>£ per cent..
15 Fitchburg R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per cent
a C. B. & Q. Neb. Ext. R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
cent
4 Illinois Central K. R. coupon bonds, 4 per cent.
18 Portland & Odgensburg R. R. coupon bonds,
5 per cent.
PJBoston & Maine A. R. registered bonds, \%
per cent
30 Northwestern Union R. R. coupon bond ,
7 per cent
9 New York, Lackawanna & Western R. R. cou-
pon bonds, 6 per cent
48 Town of Northfield coupon bonds, 3% per cent.
3 Boston & Maine R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
cent
50 Lowell & Suburban St. R. R. coupon bonds,
5 per cent
2 St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain coupon
bonds, 5 per cent
1 Town of Delivers coupon bonds, 4 per cent
15 Lynn & Boston St. R. R. coupon bonds, 5 per
cent
20 Illinois Central R. R. coupon bonds, 3>£ per
cent... ..
Cash on deposit in Appleton National Bank
Securi-
ties.
Cash.
Total.
$307,500 00
$ 9,835 14
$ 16,000 00
13,777 50
470 01
$317,335 14
40,000 00
6,500 00
46,582 65
41,377 22
$ 5,205 43
$34 1,000 00
$346,205 43
$ 28,870 29
$ 3,000 00
4,000 00
10,000 00
12,000 00
15,000 00
14,000 00
14,000 00
4,000 00
61,000 00
10,000 00
15,000 00
8,000 00
4,000 00
18,000 00
10,000 00
15,000 00
9,000 00
24,000 00
3,000 00
50,000 09
2,000 00
1,000 00
15,000 00
20,000 00
341,000 00
5,205 43
$346,205 43
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUNDS. 215
High Service Water Loan Sinking Fund.
Securi-
ties.
Cash.
Total.
$50,000 00
$6,170 CO
$56,170 60
Received during 1904 :
1,800 00
2,600 00
108 77
10,000 00
1,000 00
•
11,679 37
10,454 58
$1,224 79
$59,000 00
$60,224 79
Increase during the year 1904
$4,654 19
Securities belongiug to this fund:
$ 2,000 00
1 City of Cambridge coupon bonds, G per cent.. .
1,000 00
4 Town of Denvers coupon bonds, 5 per cent
4,000 00
1 Town of Rockport coupon bonds, 4 per cent. .
1,000 00
1 City of Portsmouth coupon bonds, 4 per cent..
1,000 00
4 City of Saginaw coupon bonds, 4 per cent
4,000 00
w
4 C. B. & Q. Neb. Ext. R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
4,000 00
20,000 00
4,000 00
7,ooo;oo
2,ooo;oo
1,000 00
1,000 00
2,000 00
1 City of Lynn registered bonds, 4 per cent... .
4 Portland & Odgensbury R. R. coupon bonds,
7 Winona & St. Peter R. R. coupon bonds, 7 per
2 New York, Lackawanna & Western R. R. cou-
pon bonds, 6 per cent
1 Boston & Maine R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
1 Winona & St. Peter R, R. coupon bond, 7 per
2 Lowell & Suburban St. R. R. coupon bonds,
5 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
5,000 00
Cash on deposit in Appleton National Bank.
59,000 00
1,224 79
$60,224 79
21G REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUNDS.
Lowell High School Sinking Fund.
On hand Jan. 1, 1904 .
Received during 1904:
Cash — Annual Appropriation
Income on Investments
Income on Bank Deposits
Securities matured.
Securities bought in 1904
Paid for Securities in 1904
On hand Jan. 1, 1905
Increase during 1904
Securities belonging to this Fund :
I City of Keene coupon bonds, 4 per cent
1 City of Lynn coupon bonds. 5 per cent
12 City of Taunton coupon bonds, 4 per cent
7 City of Portsmouth couponibonds, 4 per cent..
5 City of Indianapolis coupon bonds, 4 per cent.
4 Fitchburg R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per cent
5 C. B. & Q, Neb. Ext. R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
cent
7 Illinois Central R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
cent
2 City of Saginaw coupon bond, 4 per cent.. .
1 Boston & Maine R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
cent
5 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
JV _. cent
1 New York, Lakawanna & Western R. R. cou-
pon bonds, 6 per cent
Cash deposit in Appleton National Bank
Securi-
ties
$41,710 29
10,000 00
$50,500 00
500 00
1,000 00
12,000 00
7,000 00
5,000 00
4,000 00
5,000 00
7,000 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
5,000 00
1,000 00
Cash.
$5,416 12
3,000 00
1,883 68
65 86
1,210 29
$11,575 95
10,454 58
$1,121 37
Tor a l.
$47,126 41
$51,621 37
$4,494 96
50,500 00
1,121 37
$51,621 37
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUNDS. 217
Extension of Rogers Fort Hill Park Fund.
On hand Jan. 1, 1904
Received during 1904:
Cash— Annu 1 Appropriation
Income on Investments
Income on Bank Deposits
Securities sold or matured and paid.
Paid during 1904 :
Cash— City of Lowell to close Sinking Fund. ...
Securities sold or charged off ,
Decrease during 1904
Securi-
ties.
$43,000 00
$43,000 00
Cash.
$20,792 58
6,000 00
200 00
242 99
42,974 72
$70,210 29
70,210 29
Total.
$63,792 58
33,792 58
218 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUNDS.
New School Houses Sinking Fund.
On band Jan. 1, 1804
Received during 1904:
Cash— Annual Appropriation
Income on Investments
Income on Bank Deposits
Securities bought in 1904
Paid for Securities in 1904
On hand Jan. 1, 1905
Increase during 1904
Securities belonging to this Fund:
8 City of Indianapolis coupon bonds, 4 per cent.
3 C. B. & Q. Neb Ext. R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
cent
5 Illinois Central R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per cent
2 Winona & St. Peter R. R. coupon bonds, 7 per
cent.
1 New York, Lackawanna & Western R. R. cou-
pon bonds, G per cent
5 City of Lynn registered bonds, 4 per cent ,
4 Boston & Maine R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
cent
5 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
cent
Cash on deposit in Appleton National Bank
Securi-
ties.
$23,000 00
10,000 00
$153,000 00
$8,000 00
3,000 00
5,000 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
5,000 00
4,000 00
5,000 00
Cash.
$5,030 24
4,000 00
1,100 00
73 40
$10,803 G4
10.454 58
$349 00
Total.
$28,030 24
$33,349 00
$4,718 82
33,000 00
349 00
$33,34y 06
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUNDS. 219
City Hall and Memorial Building Sinking Fund.
On hand Jan. 1, 1904
Received during 1904: ,
Cash— Annual Appropriation . . .
Income on Investments...
Income on Bank Deposits.
Securities matured
Securities bought in 1904
Paid for Securities in 1904 . . .
On hand Jan. 1, 1905
Increase during the year 1904.
Securities belonging to this Fund;
4 Town of Bradford coupon bonds, 4 per cent. ..
5 City of Brockton coupon bonds, 4 per cent
1 Town of Reading coupon bonds, 4 per cent
6 Town of Wrentham coupon bonds, 4 per cent.
9 Town of Arlington coupon bonds, 4 per cens..
8 Town of Stoughton coupon bonds, 4 per cent..
7 City of Saginaw coupon bonds, 4 per cent
6 BTtchburg R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per cent
1 City of Boston registered bonds, 4 per cent....
1 City of Brockton registered bonds 4 per cent..
10 C. B. & Q. Neb. Ext. R. R. coupon bonds, 4
percent
19 Illinois Central R. R. coupon bonds, 4 per
cent
2 Milwaukee & Lake Shore R. R. coupon bonds,
5 per cent
7 N. Y. Lack. & Western R. R. coupon bonds, G
percent
7 City of Indianapolis coupon bonds, 4 percent.
1 City of Brockton registered bonds, 4 per cent.
9 Town of Northfield coupon bonds, 'i% per cent
11 Winona & St. Peter R. R. coupon bonds 7 per
cent
6 City of Maiden coupon bonds, 4 per cent
5 Lynn & Boston St. R. R. coupon bonds, 5 per
cent
5 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. coupon Bonds, 4 per
cent
5 Illinois Central R. R. coupon bonds, 'dy„ per
cent
7 City of Portsmouth coupon bonds, 4 per cent.
Cash on deposit in Appleton National Bank
Securi-
ties.
$125,000 00
36,000 00
•1157,500 00
$ 4,000 00
5,000 00
1,000 00
0,000 00
9,000 00
8,000 00
7,000 00
0,000 00
21,000 00
1.000 00
10,000 00
19,000 00
2,000 00
7,000 00
7,000 00
1,000 00
4,500 00
11,000 00
0,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
7,000 00
Cash.
$21,100 28
7,500 00
0,218 32
160 03
3,500 00
^38,538 63
36,991 96
1,546 97
TOTA L.
$146,160 28
$159,046 97
$12,886 69
157,500 00
1,546 97
$159,046 97
220 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUNDS.
Hapgood Wright Centennial Trust Fund.
On hand Jan. 1, 1904
Received during 1904:
Cash— Interest on Bank Deposits
On hand Jan. 1, 1905 .
Increase during the year
Securities belonging to this Fund:
Cash deposited in Lowell Institution for Savings
Cash deposited in City Institution for Savings..
Secubi-
TIES.
Cash.
3,143 24
125 69
G63 06
2,606 87
Total.
$3,143 24
3,268 93
$3,268 93
$125 69
3,268 93
$3,268 93
Respectfully submitted,
AUSTIN K. CHADWICK,
FRED A. BUTTRICK,
CHARLES L. KNAPP,
Commissioners of Sinking Funds for the City of Lowell for the
year 1904.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
221
STATEMENT OF THE CITY TREASURER RELATING
TO SPECIAL FUNDS FOR CARE OF PUBLIC
BURIAL GROUNDS.
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 2, 1905.
To the Honorable the City Council of the City of Lowell :
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit the following state-
ment of special funds in my hands, deposited for perpetual care of
lots in the Public Burial Grounds of the City of Lowell :
On hand Jan. 1, 1904 $33,225 00
Received during the year :
From Elizabeth C. Kennedy 150 00
John W. Pead, Adm 100 00
Alonzo J. Page 100 00
Thomas Smith 100 00
Betsey A. Perry 100 00
Sarah Head 100 00
Mrs. Daniel G. Wilson 100 00
" " " " 100 00
Annie F. Coffey 100 00
Annie S. Harlow 100 00
Sally P. Robinson 100 00
May E. Chase •. . . 100 00
Sarah E. Isherwood 100 00
Geo. C. Blanchard 100 00
Mrs. R. H. Blake 100 00
Geo. W. Brothers 100 00
John J. Humphrey 100 00
Thomas England 100 00
O. W. Waller 100 00
Mary E. Offutt 100 00
John L. Robertson 100 00
Mary E. Offutt 100 00
Mrs. P. A. Morgan 100 00
222 REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
STATEMENT OF THE CITY TREASURER RELATING
TO SPECIAL FUNDS FOR CARE OF BURIAL
GROUNDS— Continued.
Angenette D. Clarke 100 00
Lester L. Wells 100 00
James Fife 100 00
Malcolm Currie \ . . : 100 00
Jonas Whatmough 100 00
May A. Adams 100 00
O. A. Court 100 00
Agnes Carmes 100 00
Mabel E. Mitchell 100 00
Clara M. Dry den 100 00
Andrew Moffatt 100 00
Clarendon Goodwin 100 00
J. B. Currier . 300 00
" " 100 00
Joel M. Scoble 100 00
Chas. A. Wotton for Mrs. Hugh Boyd 100 00
James R. Fulton 100 00
Hattie Crowfoot 100 00
J. A. Weinbeck for Morton E. Bean ... 100 00
Horace C. Page, Executor 100 00
James F. Stearns 100 00
" " " 100
Cora M. Pulsifer 100 00
Alden I. Gifford 100 00
Phoebe Rotheray 100 00
Jos. E. Shepard, Executor 400 00
Sarah A. Bramhall 100 00
P. N. Giles 100 00
Mrs. Jane Stevens 100 00
Isabell Langley 100 00
Ann V. Wallace 100 00
Hannah Taylor • . . . . 100 00
$39,275 00
REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 223
\
STATEMENT OF THE CITY TREASURER RELATING
TO SPECIAL FUNDS FOR CARE OF BURIAL
GROUNDS— Continued.
The following amount is invested as follows :
Washington Savings Institution $5,000 00
City Institution for Savings 5,400 00
Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank. 5,025 00
Savings Dept. Traders National Bank 4,050 Q0
Merrimack River Savings. ... . 4,500 00
Mechanics Savings Bank 5,100 00
Lowell Institution for Savings 5,100 00
Central Savings Bank 5,100 00
$39,275 00
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW G. STILES,
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
INDEX.
Abatement of Taxes 20
Account of City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes 201
Almshouse Repairs 12]
Assessors 21
Auditor 23
Balance Sheet of Assets and Liabilities Dec. 31, 1904. 200
Band Concerts 180
Bath Rooms at Branch and Fletcher St. Engine Houses 123
Bath Room, Closets and New Floor at 4th St. Engine House 123
Bennett Portrait 176
Burial Grounds Owned by the City 198
Butler Portrait 177
By Street, Laying Out, Grading and Extending 157
Care of City Hall. 41
Carney Medal Fund 174
City Cemeteries 43
City Clerk 24
City Debt 171
City Messenger 28
City Sealer 32
City Treasurer 26
City Weigher and Measurer 33
Claims for Damages, Injuries, etc 181
Clerk of Common Council 30
Clerk of Committees 30
Concrete Chapel Cheever and Cottage St. School Basement. . 139
Corporation Tax 175
Cost of Sewers Laid in 1904 192
County Tax 175
Due from City on Ordinary City Debt -. . . 187
Due from City on Water Loan 186
Edson Cemetery Annex 174
Elections 46
INDEX. 225
Engineering 50
Fire Department 51
Fire Department Underground Wires 59
Fish Warden 33
Fire Alarm Box Cor. Aiken Ave. and Cumberland Road. . . . 181
Fourth of July Observance 179
General Treasury Fund 184
Greenhalge Portrait 176
Health Cremator Construction 67
Health Office Salaries ... 59
Health Yard Labor 63
Health Yard Sundries 63
Health Small Pox 66
Heating City Hall and Memorial Building 68
Huntington Hall •. . . 70
Improving Sanitary Conditions at Colburn School 140
Incidentals 74
Inspector of Animals and Provisions 33
Inspector of Milk, Vinegar, etc 34
Inspector of Wires ... 35
Insurance ... 75
Interest , 172
Labor Day 180
Law 76
Lowell City Hospital and Almshouse 85
Library 78
Lighting New Lights 80
Liquor License 80
Lighting 78
Lowell Textile School 178
Mayor's Department 37
Memorial Day G. A. R. . . 177
Middlesex Village School Bell 143
Memorial Day Spanish War Veterans 178
Military Aid '. 169
National Bank Tax 175
New Chimney at Highland School 138
New Boiler Branch St. Engine House 120
226 INDEX.
New Building to Relieve Highland School ... 141
New, Boiler at Lyon St. School 139
New Boiler at Training School 139
Parks 80
Parks, Care of Trees 84
Parks, Moths 85
Police Underground Wires 110
Painting City Hall 120
Paupers, Out-Door Relief 95
Personal Property Owned by the City 199
Police 105
Pound Keeper 32
Public Buildings Ill
Public Buildings, Valuation of 195
Registrars 39
Repairing Fuller & Warren Furnaces in Various School 140
Repairs of Steamer 3 182
Richardson Bill ' 182
Rebates on Rent paid for Huntington Hall 182
Resetting and Repairing Boiler at City Hall 121
Repairing Palmer St. Engine House 119
Report of the Commissioners of Sinking Funds 212
Rifle Range 71
Sanitaries in Schools etc. 142
Schools 124
School Houses 134
Sewer Construction j . . . . 147
Sewer Maintenance 143
New Sidewalks 156
Sidewalk Repairs 156
Sinking Funds 173
Soldiers' Relief 169
State Aid 168
Statement of City Treasurer Relating to Sinking Funds for
Care of Public Burial Grounds 221
State Supervisors 49
State Tax 175
State Highway Tax 176
INDEX. 227
Streets 149
Supply Department 159
Taxes 174 183
Tax Cases 176
Tax Rate 183
Temporary Loans 171
Watering Streets 157
Water Works . 161
Water Works, Real Estate and Personal Property 198
THIRTY -SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
ILouell ^ater BSoarii
TO THE
City Council of the City of Lowell, Mass.
AND THE
Reports of the Superintendent of Water Works
and of the City Engineer to the
Water Board for 1904
LOWELL, MASS. :
BUTTERFIELD PRINTING COMPANY
J 905
WATER DEPARTMENT, 1904
WATER BOARD
ROBERT J. CROWLEY, President.
Term expires second Monday in March, 1907.
MICHAEL J. DOWD.
Term expires second Monday in March, 1905.
AUGUST FELS.
Term expires second Monday in March, 1906.
FRANK L. WEAVER.
Term expires second Monday in March, 1908.
JOHN W. CRAWFORD, Secretary and Clerk.
ROBERT J. THOMAS, Superintendent.
GEORGE BOWERS, City Engineer.
D. B. H. BARTLETT, Engineer. WILLIAM JOYCE, Assistant Foreman.
THOMAS McLOUGHLIN, Engineer. JOHN E. LOWNEY, Meter Inspector.
JOHN B. HENRY, Keeper Reservoir. ALBERT HALLOWELL, Foreman Shop.
THOMAS F. DOYLE, Foreman. A. F. COGER, Hydrants and Gates.
EDWARD WALSH, Services.
OFFICE
GEORGE E. WORTHEN, Service Clerk. GERTRUDE W. BYAM, Bookkeeper.
JULIA J. RAFTER, Assistant Bookkeeper.
ALICE T. MCCARTHY, Assistant Bookkeeper.
INSPECTORS
ROBERT GARDNER. MICHAEL H. McCUE.
FREDERICK A. BARON. GEORGE F. TILTON.
WALTER P. WILEY.
CITY OF LOWELL
In Board of Aldermen.
Feb. 14, 1905.
Received and ordered on file. Sent down for
concurrence.
GIRARD P. DADMAN,
City Clerk.
In Common Council,
Feb, 21, 1905
Received and ordered on file, in concurrence.
FRANK M. DOWLING,
Clerk.
Report of the Water Board
Office of the Water Board,
City Hall.
Lowell, Mass., January 2, 1905.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council of the
City of Lowell :
Herewith is presented the thirty-second annual
report of the Water Board for the year ending Decem-
ber 31, 1904. The report of the Superintendent here-
with, covering the same period, contains the details of
the work of the department, and renders an extended
report from this Board unnecessary.
The personnel of the Board remained the same,
as Mr. Weaver, whose time expired, was re-elected by
the City Council ; but at the organization of the Board
for the year, Mr. Robert J. Crowley was elected Presi-
dent of the Board, and Mr. Weaver retired from that
office after a service of seven years.
The grounds and lands under the control of the
Board have received the usual care, the land yields
hay enough to supply the department and allow a con-
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
siderable amount to be sold. Problems are constantly
coming up which must be solved and conditions change,
but it is the aim of the Board to keep the plant in the
highest state of efficiency, and also to look as far into
the future as possible.
It has been the policy of the Board to make ex-
tensions so far as the means at its disposal would permit
where most needed and where the revenue in sight
would pay a fair interest on the amount expended.
The financial showing for the year is most satisfac-
tory. Total receipts were $197,073.64, an increase of
946.44 over previous year, and expenditures were
$181,298.24, a decrease of $18,934.23. The balance
January 1st, 1905, was $18,835.32, an increase of
$15,775.40 over the year before. Owing to the thirty
days limit on the 10 per cent, discount on bills for water,
it is essential for the bills to bear the date of issue and
to issue at stated times, so the quarterly bills are dated
April 1 st, July 1st, October 1st, and January 1st, instead
of the March, June, September and December accounts
as formerly ; consequently, what would have been the
December Account for 1904 becomes the January
Account of 1905 and does not show in this report, but
using the total of this account, the charges for metered
water increased $8,905.63 and rated water charges de-
creased $2,481.63.
The changing from rates to meters is gradually
going on, 277 new meters being set this year while only
178 new services were put in, not all of which were
metered.
The final payment of $5,000.00 was made on the
second Driven Well loan of 1894 for $50,000.00. The
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
debt of the Department was reduced $21,600.00, leaving
total debt January 1st, 1905, $1,183,900.00, of which
$1,075,000.00 is bonds and $87,300.00 is notes.
In February requisition was made through the
Supply Department for one hundred tons of 6" pipe,
which was purchased from the Lynchburg Foundry Co.
for $23.20 per net ton.
May 17th, requisition was made for three thousand
tons of soft coal, either Pocahontas, New River Steam,
Loyal Hanna or Old Maryland Co.'s ; the contract was
awarded Lowell Coal Co. for New River Steam Coal
at $4.55 per ton at Centralville, and $4.75 per ton at
Boulevard.
On November 17th, a proposition was received
from the Power Specialty Co. to furnish a Foster Super-
heater, to be installed on boiler at Centralville Station,
they guaranteeing a saving of fuel of 9 per cent, in the
operation of the H. D. Worthington Engine when in
good order, on sixty days trial, for the price of $1050.00
at factory. This proposition was accepted and contract
was signed and approved by the Mayor, December 31st.
In accordance with the rules adopted last year
governing the use and care of private fire services, it
seemed advisable to have a close inspection of the
property where there are such services, that the rules
shall be strictly adhered to, and Inspector Gardner was
appointed to that duty to have all private fire services
under supervision, to keep them sealed and learn when
used and for what purpose. The city was also divided
into four districts and the other four inspectors were
detailed one to each district to read meters, make pick-
up charges, deliver bills and look after the use of water
IO REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
in his particular district. At the quarterly readings four
other employees are detailed to assist these four inspec-
tors that the meters may be read in the shortest time
and the bills issued with as little delay as possible ; and
to do this another clerk was installed in the office, Miss
Alice T. McCarthy being selected from the civil service
list for that position.
There being considerable controversy among water
works people, insurance men and mill officials as to the
efficiency of fire services when metered, the Superin-
tendent was authorized to install a suitable plant at
Centralville Pumping Station for the testing of large
meters and other devices for use on fire services, and on
October 5th and 6th a public test of these appliances
was held at which a large number of prominent water
works, insurance and mill officials, together with repre-
sentatives of a number of meter manufacturers were
present, and showed much interest in the device and the
results obtained. Superintendent Thomas and Engineer
Sullivan received a great deal of praise from those
present for their work in this matter.
This Board recommends that the land on the Boule-
vard under the jurisdiction of the Street Department, on
which are the wells of the Lower Boulevard Pumping
Station, shall be turned over to the care of the Water
Department ; the Water Department owns the land
adjoining on which the Pumping Station stands and
should have full control of that where the wells are.
It will soon become necessary to install new pump-
ing machinery at Centralville Station, as the economical
usefulness of the pumps there is about over. The Morris
engine of 1873, the Worthington Duplex of 1876, and
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. II
the Worthington , High Duty of 1891 when run are in
continual need of repairs and cannot be depended upon
for constant work. In the great advance in the manu-
facture of machinery for the pumping of water, it will
be economy for the city to install a new pump in the
near future, as well as a measure of safety, -
On December 6th, 1904, occurred the death of In-
spector Michael H. McCue after a long and painful
illness, who had been employed in this Department since
1892. The department thus loses the services of a
faithful and trustworthy employee. The vacancy thus
created was filled by the election of Mr. John E. Lowney.
The statistics of the Secretary and of the City
Engineer in their respective reports will be found of
interest.
ROBERT J. CROWLEY.
MICHAEL J. DOWD.
FRANK L. WEAVER.
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TABLE V.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT — LOWELL WATER WORKS,
1904.
Sub-division "Water Works Supplies," from Table II.
Pumping Station Supplies, Central ville Station $1,441 72
Pumping Station Supplies, Cook plant ' . 393 76
Pumping Station Supplies, Boulevard 704 98
Cast iron pipe and specials 3>577 9&
Hydrants and gates and gate boxes 2,814 21
Service pipe and boxes 2,506 26
Meters 4, 1 69 42
Machinery and tools 106 98
Brass foundry 52 68
Miscellaneous 3,428 57
New office building 2,328 79
$21,525 35
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
17
TABLE VI.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT — LOWELL WATER WORKS,
1904.
Detail of "Principle and Interest" from Table II.
Amount of
Debt Jan. 1,
1904.
4
Interest
Paid
1904.
Paid on
Notes
1904.
Amount of
Debt Jan. 1,
1905.
Water loan bonds
$1,000,000 OO
$1,000,000 OO
57 Coupons, No. 26...
994 Coupons, No. 27
874 Coupons, No. 28
High Service bonds...
15 Coupons, No. 45...
13 Coupons, No. 46...
Notes.
$ 1,140 OO
19,880 OO
17,480 OO
75,000 OO
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75,000 OO
1,500 OO
1,300 OO
175 OO
656 OO
1,400 OO
2,100 OO
5,000 OO
16,400 OO
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$45,631 OO
$21,600 OO
$1,162,300 00
1 8 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
TABLE VII.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT— LOWELL WATER WORKS,
1904.
Maintenance and Construction Account.
MAINTENANCE.
Paid for labor:
Salary of Superintendent $ 1,800 00
Salary of Water Board 1 , 600 00
Office and Inspectors 9. 1 29 91
Pumping stations : 7> 211 4 2
Meter Work 3, 252 62
Engineering I ,346 69
General maintenance 29, 173 96
Paid for material:
Output as per stock book !5 93° 1 5
General expense 2,411 57
Stable 1,810 85
Pumping station supplies 2 >54Q 46
Fuel 16,150 06
Interest 45^631 00
$I33>988 69
CONSTRUCTION.
Paid for labor " $ 7,277 10
Land 92 46
New office building 2,328 79
Output as per stock book 6,465 70
Payment on loans 21,600 00
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Superintendent's Report
Lowell, Mass., January 2, 1905.
7!? the Lowell Water Board:
Gentlemen : In accordance with the provisions of
the City Ordinances, I have the honor of rendering to
you the Annual Report of the Superintendent of Water
Works for the year ending December 31, 1904.
In the report of 1903 mention was made of the fa-
vorable showing in the daily consumption of water for
that year, it being the lowest of any year since 1889.
This year I take pleasure in calling attention to the fact
that the total expenditures for 1904 were less than in
any year since 1887, with the single exception of the year
1 89 1, when it was $180,250.56, against $181,298.94 the
past year. In 1891, however, the city water was pumped
directly from the Merrimack River into the reservoir,
while now it is first pumped from the wells, then re-
pumped into the reservoir, thereby doubling the pump-
ing expenses. This shrinkage in the annual expenditures
indicates, among other things, that the department is
recovering from the burden of indebtedness consequent
upon the construction of the driven well system. Re-
22 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
ferring to 1891 recalls an impressive and significant fact;
that is, about that time, 1890-91, Lowell's typhoid fever
death rate was exceeded by only two or three cities in
the world, and its mortality record was 24.95. During
the last year the city's typhoid fever death rate is one of
the lowest in the world, while the rate of mortality from
all causes for 1904 is only 16.62, the lowest since 1850.
That this great improvement in the health of the people
of Lowell is due to a considerable extent to the city's
magnificent water supply, goes without question. More-
over, since 1891, the water works under the control of
your honorable board, has grown and prospered so that
it is now a more valuable asset than the rest of the city's
property combined.
During the past year an improvement has been
made in the property of the department by the erection
of a new office building, thus making available for shop
purposes a much needed space in the machine shop oc-
cupied by the old office. As authorized by your honor-
able body, this building is of brick one story high, with
granite coping and trimmings. It is especially designed
for office work. The inside walls are finished in quar-
tered oak, part panelled with panelled metallic ceiling.
The office proper has a floor space of 15'x 20', and is
connected by an iron stairway with a basement which is
intended to be used for storing books, records, etc. It
is situated on the northwest corner of the machine shop,
commanding a good view of the shop, yard, stable and
storehouse. By means of push buttons and electric
bells those employed in the engine room, blacksmith
shop, carpenter shop, machine shop, stable and paint
shop, can be called to the office when needed.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 23
PLANT FOR TESTING LARGE METERS.
For the purpose of testing large meters, such as 4",
6", etc., or other devices for measuring water, a testing
plant has been set up in the engine room of the Central-
ville pumping station. This plant consists of an 8" pipe
laid in the basement of the pumping station, from the
high service main to the engine room floor, where it is
reduced 6" pipe and extended along on wooden horses
to a point where the water after passing through the
meters can be discharged into the pump well. The 6"
pipe line in the engine room where the meters are set
for testing, is equipped with pizometer rings connected
to a U gauge and mercury column, with Freeman nozzles
attached for measuring the discharge. This plant was
set up in March, since which time 7-6", 1-10", 1-12" meters
and three devices were tested. All meters to be used
for fire service can be tested at this plant, both for reg-
istration and for loss of head. The testing has been
conducted by W. F. Sullivan, of the city engineer's
force, in a most thorough and comprehensive manner.
Many of the tests made are new, and considerable data
as to the practical working of these large meters has
been obtained that was heretofore unknown. Cards and
diagrams have been made by engineer Sullivan, showing
the operation of every meter and device tested, with va-
rying volumes of discharge, loss of head and percentage
of registration.
MAIN PIPES, EXTENSIONS, ETC.
There is now a total of 133.68 miles of cast iron
main pipe in use, a gain of 5706 feet during the year-
Besides the extension of mains, change in street lines
24 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
and grades made it necessary to lower 430 feet of 6"
pipe on By street, 350 feet of 6" pipe on Fruit street, and
225 feet of 8 r/ pipe had to be re-located on Riverside
street, on account of sewer work. In connection with
the extensions of main pipe laid, 1 5 stop gates were set,
and for the better control of the mains already in use,
19 additional gates were inserted in the mains. For this
purpose seven of the 12" and two of the 6" valves taken
out of the discontinued connections between the Locks
and Canals Corporation System and the city pipes were
used, 105 gates were repaired, and twenty-five gate boxes
were renewed.
PUBLIC FIRE SERVICE HYDRANTS.
Of the thirteen four-way hydrants which the Board
voted to set adjacent to the large corporations, two were
set in 1903 and the remaining eleven early in the past
year. Three other ordinary hydrants were also added,
making a total of 11 38 public fire hydrants now in ser-
vice. Eight flush hydrants were replaced by ^post
hydrants, and five post hydrants broken or damaged
beyond repair were replaced by new post hydrants; also
288 hydrants were cleaned and repaired. The four-way
hydrants set near the corporation were connected to
large mains (laid especially for fire service) which had to
be tapped and a gate used for every hydrant; that fact,
together with the increased cost of the hydrants, accounts
for an excess of over a thousand dollars for hydrants the
past year compared with the previous year.
As you may notice, the number of hydrants re-
quired is large, almost one-third of the whole number;
that fact is due principally to their unwarranted use for
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 25
various purposes. This should not be; it is a bad prac-
tice and may some day be the cause of serious results.
The City Ordinances distinctly forbid the opening of hy-
drants, 'excepting for fire, without permission of the
Water Board. Sometimes hydrants are found in a to-
tally disabled condition after being used by some unau-
thorized person; just such a circumstance might be the
means, of allowing a fire to gain great headway and
ultimately develop into a conflagration. Following the
lessons taught by the disastrous experiences of Balti-
more, Patterson, Lynn, and other places, every care
should be exercised in maintaining the fire hydrants and
fire service of the city to the highest possible point of
efficiency.
26
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
HYDRANTS, JANUARY 1st, 1905
Kind
2
Noz.
3
Noz.
4
Noz.
Total
Boston Machine
/
170
170
Chapman .
3
104
50
157
Coffin
1
1
Corey
- 7
7
Eddy
32
1
33
Flush
426
426
Glanmorgan
1
1
Holyoke
1
1
Kennedy .
2
2
Ludlow
3
264
14
281
Michigan
43
43
O'Brien
1
1
Perkins
1
1
Walker
3
3
Lowrey
11
11
Totals
437
6
628,
67
11.38
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 27
PRIVATE FIRE SERVICE AND HYDRANTS.
Two fire services were laid during the year, as fol-
lows : 4" pipe for the Young Women's Christian Asso-
ciation, John street and John avenue; U. S. Spool and
Bobbin Co., 4" on Perry street. Fifteen 12" and two 8"
connections with the Locks and Canals System for cor-
poration fire service were cut off and gates removed.
There are now in all 124 private fire services supplying
74 private fire hydrants besides sprinklers and stand
pipes, all of which were sealed during the year by In-
spector Gardner, who was especially detailed for the
inspection of fire services. His duties also include the
reading of meters on premises provided with this extra
protection, and to observe and report any failure to com-
ply with the rules of the department governing private
fire services. So far, his work has amply justified his
appointment.
28
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
PRIVATE HYDRANTS JANUARY 1st, 1905.
Kind.
i
Noz.
2
Noz.
3
Noz.
4
Noz.
Total
Boston Machine .
i
8
9
Chapman .
i
4
1
5
1 1
Coffin
1
1
Flush
• 3
3
Kenney
•
i
1
Ludlow
.
18
14
*o
42
Michigan .
3
3
Perkins
•
3
1
4
Totals
■ 3
i
27
28
15
74
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 29
SERVICES.
The number of house services or house connections
have increased one hundred and seventy-eight (178)
during the year, against one hundred and fifty five (155)
the previous year and forty-three old services of various
kinds of pipe were replaced with new pipe, principally
Tin Lined Iron. Only thirty-five services were changed
the previous year. An unusual number of services were
also repaired owing to the severe cold spell last January
when several were frozen and burst. Regrading of
streets have made necessary the lowering of many
services. Owing to the extra work as above, the
expenses for service pipe for the year were $2,725.37
an increase over the year previous of $ 1,468.61. In the
line of service maintenance 367 curb boxes were set
and 10 leaks on service pipes repaired.
30 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
NEW SERVICES— 1904.
160 y iron tin lined pipe
7 1" iron tin lined pipe
2 1 1/2 " iron tin lined pipe
2 2" iron pipe
3 4" iron pipe '
3 s/ 8 " lead pipe
1 y lead pipe
6.
,142
116
70
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88
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112
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178 6,638 "
Amount previously laid 43^,973 feet
Total now laid 445, 6 11 u
Total services laid 1 2,058
Total cut off at main 832
Total reconnected 61
Total now in ust .' 11,287
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
31
SERVICES CHANGED — 1904..
Kind.
Changed to
No.
Tin
Lined
Ya
Tin
Lined
1"
Tin
Lined
Iron
Ya
Iron
1"
Iron
Total
Feet
23
y iron .
5 11
5ii
3
y iron .
63
63
1
yj' iron .
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14
1
yj' iron .
'
6
6
3
1" iron
64
64
1
1" iron .
21
21
1
1" iron
23
23
1
1^2" iron
95
95
1
iy 2 " iron
7
7
1
2<"T. L. iron .
18
'18
1
1" L. L. iron .
5
5
2
S/ 8 " lead .
4i
4i
1
5/ 8 " lead .
49
49
2
34" lead .
48
48
1
34" lead .
67
67
43
Totals
616
276
122
6
5
7
1032
32 . REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
The total number of meters in use at the close of
the year was 7513, representing 66% of the total
number of services in use. During the last four years
there has been a net gain of 1927 meters in use in the
department. One of the results of this rapid increase
in meters has been a slight reduction in the total
receipts, but to offset that there has been also a material
decrease in the daily consumption of water, which in
turn has made possible the reduction in the total
expenses.
The large number of meters frozen and burst
during the winter of 1903 and 1904 (particularly last
January) not only in Lowell, but in many other cities in
the country, has had the effect of bringing to the atten-
tion of Water Departments the advantages of setting
meters in boxes located in the sidewalk. Their liability
to freeze when set in the ground with an air tight box is
reduced to a minimum, while their accessibility to the
Inspector for reading makes it possible to read them
faster than the present method of going into cellars for
that purpose with all that entails, such as calling and
finding the family away and the house and cellar locked,
or possibly a pile of wood or coal placed over the meter,
making a second call necessary. Another advantage of
out side meters is that leaks in the service pipe beyond
the sidewalk are all registered. During the year
several meters were set in the ground as above described.
REPORT OF .THE AVATER BOARD.
33
PRIVATE METERS RUNNING JANUARY 1, 1905
Sizes
3/8"
H"
Ya"
1"
i#"
2"
Total
Columbia
9
9
Crown .
I
29
23
2
1
56
Desper .
3
1
4
Duplex .
i
1
Empire .
6
6
Frost
2
1
3
Hersey .
16
1
17
King
i
1
Lambert
12
12
Nash
14
2
1
17
Thomson
1
1
Trident .
6
6
Worthington
1
3
4
Total
I
90
37
4
1
4
137
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REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
METERS RUNNING JANUARY 1st, 1905.
Size.
H"
%/tt
7\
1"
1%"
2"
3"
4"
6"
Total
Columbia .
1 08
4
112
Crown
2760
1582
302
19
20
5
5
2
4695
Desper
19
6
5
30
Duplex
1
1
4
6
Empire
231
40
4
275
Frost
1
1
Gem .
7
4
2
13
Hersey
485
102
8
5
1
6^01
King .
6
6
Lambert
538
72
610
Metropolitan
1
1
Nash .
149
73
45
1
268
Niagara
1
1
2
Thomson .
5
19
2
26
Trident
503
30
1
534
Union
28
7
1
36
Worthington
112
23
52
66
35
.6
3
297
Total .
4946
1962
423
9i
63
1 1
13
4
7513
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. . 35
New meters set 277
Meters out of repairs 900
Meters repaired in cellars 215
Meters reset : 795
Meters condemned 27
Meters condemned replaced with new 28
Meters frozen and burst 367
Meters discontinued 39
Private meters set 16
36 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
PUMPING STATIONS AND PUMPING.
Taking the work of all the Pumping Stations
together, there was a gross pumpage for the year of
4,108,816,873 gallons, Deducting the quantity pumped
at Boulevard Lower Pumping Station, 1,158,489,736
gallons and the Boulevard Upper Station, 874,664,382
gallons which had to be re-pumped, and after allowing a
certain amount for condensation at Centralville Pumping
Station, the net pumpage or the total quantity of water
pumped for distribution was 2,007,487,767 gallons^ of
which 63,947,712 gallons was pumped at the No. 2 or
Cook Wells Pumping Station from the Cook and
Washington Wells. This Station was started and ran
five days not because it became necessary, but more
for the purpose of trying it out and making sure that
everything was all right in case of an emergency, and
although the boilers and pipes were empty and some
of the pipes disconnected, yet within six hours after
receiving notice the Engineer had the Station in
successful operation. Part of the main steam line at
this Station which when first put up in 1893 was only
second hand C. I. pipe, leaked so badly that it was
thought best to replace it with new W. I. 6" pipe. As
no steam is kept in the boilers when not running, care
must be used in draining boilers, pipes, etc. to prevent
freezing. For this reason, also, the feed water heater
was changed from a horizontal to vertical position so
that it could be more perfectly drained. Should occasion
arise, this Station could be started in a few hours.
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THE BOULEVARD PUMPING STATIONS.
The Boulevard Upper Pumping Station was run
considerable the past year because it required about
3,000 lbs. less coal to pump 5,000,000 gallons than did
the Lower Pumping Station ; no repairs of any account
were made at the Upper Station, but while it was
running the pumps and boilers at the Lower Station
were overhauled and put in order.
CENTRALVILLE PUMPING STATION.
Most of the pumping at this Station was done by
the Morris Engine. It ran very smoothly and proved
comparatively economical in the use of fuel, for which
reason it would have been run more, but it has a
peculiar way of breaking down in some vital part which
requires several days or weeks to repair ; for instance,
it was out of commission until February 27th, awaiting a
new filling-in piece belonging between the high-pressure
steam cylinder and the condenser, which was broken
the year before. Later in the year the crank pin was
noticed working loose and examination showed it to be
an imperfect fit and a new one had to be forged and
forced in. Since then the Engine has run very well and
with only slight repairs.
The High Duty Worthington Pump which has been
the main reliance of this Pumping Station for the last
40 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
ten years required considerable attention during the
year. It showed signs of weakening the year before
and called for extensive repairs but the past year after
fitting it with a new foot valve, supposing that would
prove all that was necessary to make it run all right
again, serious trouble was encountered which, upon
investigation, proved to be due to a crack in Low
Pressure Steam Cylinder about seven inches long and
extending through the jacket. White metal was melted
down and run into the crack from the inside of the
cylinder and for the purpose of stopping leakage
through it; but the live steam pressure in the jackets
loosened the metal patch so that the jacket pressure had
cut out altogether; of course that reduced the efficiency
of the engine materially. However, the Superheater
contracted for by Your Honorable Board may prove
an offset to the loss of the jacket steam and enable the
engine to do as well as ever or better, as the Con-
tractors furnishing the Superheater guarantee.
Occasionally during the year necessity compelled
the running of the Low Duty Worthington Pump. It
takes, however, so much coal to pump the daily supply
of water with it that it is like wasting money to have to
do so. For illustration, the Morris Engine pumping
5^ million gallons consumes 13,000 lbs. while 17,000
lbs. is burned when the Low Duty Worthington is
running, doing the same work.
Taking it as a whole, the Department is in good
condition and it stands first class, particularly as to the
quality and quantity of its supply. It must be admitted,
however, that its pumping outfit is lamentably weak and
inefficient and though the financial showing for the
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 41
Department the past year is as good as far as the
expenditures are concerned, a still further saving could
be effected if the pumping equipment of the Department
was brought up-to-date. A new ,pump to take the place
of the Low Duty Worthington ought to be considered
as soon as possible.
RESERVOIRS.
As customary, every summer since the introduction
of Driven Well water, in order to avoid trouble from
Algae, the High Service Reservoir was shut off and the
water for that system pumped directly into the mains.
No such measures have been found necessary for the
last three summers regarding the Low Service Reservoir,
although during the past summer a large abundance of
green growth, presumably Algae, was plainly observable
on the walls of the reservoir, much of which was
removed by hand ; yet it had no apparant effect on the
odor or taste of the water drawn from the reservoir.
The only outlay on acQOunt of the reservoir was
the rebuilding of a part of the fence on Christian Street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Two new drinking fountains for people were set
during the year; one at Hosford Square and one in
Pawtucketville on Mammoth Road near the corner of
42 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
Riverside Street. A combination drinking fountain
made of 30" cast iron pipe was set on Broadway
opposite the Mann School. All the fountains were
cleaned twenty times, and 151 complaints regarding
fountains were attended to. The streets mains were
blown off as usual during the year.
At the parks along the Conduit in Pawtucketville
and at the Pumping Station and Reservoir grounds
flowers were set out, making them look more beautiful
than ever before.
On January 1st of the past year a break occurred
in the 30" force main on Sixth Street near the corner of
Read Street. Outside the injury done to the surface of
the street by the escaping water, no other damage was
done. In order to repair it, 7 feet of new 30" pipe had
to be used.
An examination of the Conduit revealed a bad spot
in the brick work under Third Avenue. This was
repaired and the Conduit, Tunnel and Filter Gallery
thoroughly cleaned. The tunnel was flushed with hose
connected to near-by hydrants.
Hay of good quality to the extent of about 40 tons
was cut oft the lands of the Department at the Reservoir
and on the Boulevard. A considerable quantity of the
previous year's crop being left, over twelve tons of it
was sold, realizing a sum of money sufficient to meet the
expense incurred in cutting and saving the whole crop.
Two new horses were purchased during the year
and two old ones sold. Tweny-four sewers were
flushed during the year, and seven flush hydrant boxes
were renewed.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 43
CONCLUSION.
It affords me satisfaction to be able to acknowledge
my sincere thanks to President Crowley and the
members of the Board for their kind and considerate
treatment during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT J. THOMAS,
Superintendents
44
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
LOW SERVICE — WATER PIPES LAID IN 1904.
Streets.
Aiken
Beaulieu
Cashin
City Ave
City Stables . . .
Corey
Dana
Dartmouth Ave
Eaton
Grace
Inland
John Ave
John Ave. . . .
Lipton
Middlesex
Moody
Olney
Orchard
Perry
Plymouth
Porter
Third Ave. . . .
West
West Sixth
West Sixth ...
Between What Streets.
Ford and Cheever
Northerly trom West Sixth
Southerly from Princeton...
Easterly from City Hall Ave.
Cart sprinkler standpipe
Southerly from Princeton...
Northerly from Ludlam
Westerly to Hildreth
Extended southwesterly. . .
Northerly to Liberty
Easterly from Blodgett
Westerly from John
Fire Service to Y. W. C. A,
building
Southerly to Forest
On street car sprinkler stand-
pipe west of Baldwin ....
Extended northerly
Westerly from Gorham
Extended northerly
Fire service to U. S. Spool
and Bobbin Co
Extended southerly . .
Extended easterly
Westerly from Crawford.
Northerly from Blossom
Westerly to Beaulieu
Southerly towards Ennell
Hydrants
Laid in 1903
77
36
46
10
11
79
259
Length in Feet.
201
393
505
144
319
1080
72
273
146
200
99
84
130
48
144
72
154
48
205
4317
639
639
454
454
Total.
201.0
393.0
505.0
77.0
36.0
144.0
319.0
1080.0
720
273.0
146.0
46.0
10.0
200.0
11.0
1093.0
99.0
84.0
79.0
130.0
48.0
144.0
720
154.0
48.0
205.0
5669.0
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
45
HIGH SERVICE — WATER PIPES LAID IN 1904.
Between what Streets
Length in Feet
Streets
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Total
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
High Service laid previous
37884 5
Total High Service to
37922.0
.
46 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
Brought forward 5,669.0 feet
Low Service laid previous to 1904 662,228.0 feet
Total Low Service to January 1, 1905 667,897.0 feet
Total High Service to January 1, 1905 37,922.0 feet
Total High and Low Service to January 1, 1905. . 705,819.0 feet
Total in miles, 133.68
Changes
By street, 430 ft. 6 in. pipe relocated.
Fruit street, 350 ft. 6 in. pipe relocated.
Riverside street, 225 ft. 8 in. pipe relocated.
Corporation fire service connections and gates taken out
during 1904.
12 in. connection to Appleton Co., Jackson street.
12 in. connection to Bigelow Carpet Co., Market street. ,
12 in. connection to Boott Cotton Mills, Amory street.
12 in. connection to Hamilton Mfg. Co., Jackson street.
12 in. connection to Lawrence Mfg. Co., Hall street.
12 in. connection to Lowell Machine Shop, Dutton street.
12 in. connection to Lowell Machine Shop, Jackson street.
12 in. connection to Mass. Cotton Mills, Canal street.
12 in. connection to Merrimack Mfg. Co., foot of Dutton street.
12 in. connection to Merrimack Mfg. Co., foot of Dutton street.
8 in. connection to Middlesex Co., Warren street.
8 in. connection to Middlesex Co., Warren street.
12 in. connection to Prescott Mills, Merrimack square.
12 in. connection to Tremont and Suffolk Mills, Tremont street.
12 in. connection to Tremont and Suffolk Mills, Tremont and Hall.
12 in. connection to Tremont and Suffolk Mills, Hall and Suffolk.
12 in. connection to Tremont and Suffolk Mills, Cabot street.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
47
LOW SERVICE- LIST OF STOP GATES SET DURING
THE YEAR 1904.
STREETS
Aiken
Aiken
Amory. . . .
Amory.
Amory.
Beaulieu. .
*By
Canal
*Chelmsford
City Stables
Dana
Dartmouth Ave
Dutton
Dutton
Fort Hill Park
French
Gates . .
Grace. . .
Grand . .
Grand . .
Howard.
LOCATION
19.2 ft. west of east line Ford street, 5.3 ft. north of south
line Aiken street
51.4 ft. east of west line Aiken street canal bridge, 4.7 ft.
north of south line canal bridge
On hydrant connection near entrance to Mass. Cotton
Mills
On hydrant connection 18.2 ft. north of south line Amory
street, 9 ft. east of east line John street
On hydrant connection iS ft. north of south line Amory
street 7^ ft. west of west line John street
12 ft. east of west line Beaulieu on north line West Sixth
street
Relocation 11% ft. south of north line By street, on east
line Hildreth street
On hydrant connection near entrance to Mass. Cotton Mills
31.3 ft. east of west line Chelmsford street, on north line
Daly street
On supply to sprinkler cart standpipe.
12 ft. east of west line Dana street, on north line Ludlam
street
12 ft. north of south line Hildreth street, 14.3 ft. west of
east line Hildreth street
On hydrant connection near entrance to Lowell Machine
Shop
41.4 ft. south of S.-E. Cor. House No. 675, on west line
Wamesit court
55J^ ft. south of north line Rogers street g]4. ft. west of
stone fender
On hydrant connection 8% ft. east of west line Kirk street
14.2 ft. west of east line Gates street on north line West-
ford street
12 ft. east of west line Grace street on south line Liberty
street
15.4 ft. west of east line Grand street, on north line West"
ford street
16.5 ft. south of north line Grand street, 0.3 ft. east of west
line Chelmsford street
23.2 ft. north of south line Howard street, on west line
Chelmsford street
c c
* 6 in. gate By street at Hildreth relocation. 12 in. gate Middlesex near Gorham
relocation. 12 in. gate taken out Chelmsford street at Howard street.
4 8
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
LOW SERVICE— LIST OF STOP GATES SET DURING
THE YEAR 1904 — Continued.
STREETS
Hurd
Jackson
John Ave
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lipton
London
Market
Merrimack
Merrimack
Merrimack Sq.
Merrimack Sq .
Middlesex
*Middlesex . . .
Middlesex
Moody
Olney
Perry
Riverside
Warren
West
Worthen
LOCATION
On hydrant connection, southerly side, near George street
On hydrant connection, west of entrance to Lowell
Machine Shop
6 ft. north of south line John avenue, 17.7 ft. east of west
line John street
25.7 ft. east of west line Lawrence street, on south line
Ames street
14 ft. west of east line Lawrence street, 41 8 ft. south of
south line Shermam street
12 ft. east of west line Lipton street, 11. 7 ft. south of north
line Forrest street
20.1 ft. south of north line London, on east line Main
street
21 ft. west of west line Palmer street, 18.S ft. south of
north line Market street
33 ft. south of north line Merrimack street, 13 ft. east of
west line Hanover street
29 7 ft. south of north line Merrimack street, 3 ft. east of
east line Old City Hall
On hydrant connection, northerly side, opp. Prescott Mills
On hydrant connection, northerly side, in front Runels
Building
On street car sprinkler standpipe, 23.3 ft. north of south
line Middlesex, 148 ft. west of west line Baldwin
(Relocation) 17.7 ft. north of south line Middlesex, 334
ft. west of west line Gorham street
16.3 ft. south of north line Middlesex, 0.9 ft. west of west
line School street
13 ft. north of south line Moody street, on west line
Seventh ave
12 ft. south of north line Olney street, 15.7 ft. east of west
line Gorham street
On fire service to U. S- Spool and Bobbin Co., 10.9 ft. east
of west line Perry St., 53 ft. north of north line building
25.7 ft. south of north line Riverside street, 1.5 ft. east of
east line White street
On hydrant connection, southerly side, opp. Middlesex
Co. 's office
10 ft. west of east line West St., on north line Blossom st.
On hydrant connection, easterly side opp.
Print Works
Merrimack
* 6 in. gate By street at Hildreth relocation. 12 in. gate Middlesex near Gorham re-
location. 12 in. gate taken out Chelmsford street at Howard street.
HIGH SERVICE — LIST OF STOP GATES SET DURING
THE YEAR 1904.
STREETS
LOCATION
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6
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13 ft. south of north line Whitman street,
17.7 ft. east of
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
49
LOW SERVICE— LIST OF HYDRANTS SET DURING
THE YEAR, 1904.
STREETS
Amory
Amory
Armory
*Canal
Dutton
French
Hurd
Jackson
Merrimack Sq
Merrimack Sq
Plymouth
Warren
Worthen
LOCATION
At entrance to Mass. Cotton Mills.
Southerly side, east of John street.
Southerly side, west of John street.
At entrance to Mass. Cotton Mills.
Easterly side, just north of entrance to Lowell Machine Shop.
Opposite Kirk street near Merrimack Co.'s storehouse.
Southerly side, near George street.
Northerly side, west of entrance to Lowell Machine Shop.
Northerly side, opp. Prescott Mills.
Northerly side, in front Runels building.
Easterly side, in front No. 25.
Southerly side, opp. Middlesex Co.'s office.
Easterly side, opp. Merrimack Print Works.
* Old flush hydrant discontinued.
5o
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
CAST IRON PIPE AND SPECIALS IN STOCK DEC. 31.
1904.
Size in inches
4"
6"
8"
10"
12"
16"
20"
24"
17
5
1
4
30"
Lengths of pipe
Sleeves
2
I
244
3
4
15
i
7
2
2
4
133
4
1
8
3
12
6
8
2
1
2
121
3
2
2
6
2
5
9
7
2
2
5
8
9
11
1
1
1
6
5
2
1
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Plugs
I
4
1
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4
4
3
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2
1 D
Offsets
1
Gates
8
64 feet 4" pipe.
38 feet 10" pipe.
5 feet 30" pipe.
CAST IRON PIPE IN PIECES
pipe.
47 feet 6'
30 feet 12'
pipe.
50 feet 8" pipe.
13 feet 16" pipe.
HYDRANTS, COVERS, ETC.
1 Lowrey hydrant, 3 Walker hydrants, 3 Corey hydrants,
5 Flush hydrants, 1 frame and cover for Lowrey hydrant, 15 Flush
hydrant frames, 6 Stone gate covers, 4 frames and covers for Meter
boxes, 25 Iron gate boxes, 15 frames and covers for gate boxes,
1 30" Manhole, 23 bottoms for gate boxes 4 feet long; 9 5 feet
long; 6 6 feet long, 7 \ x / 2 " Sidewalk boxes, 26 \" Sidewalk boxes.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
51
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Report of the City Engineer
Office of City Engineer.
Lowell, Mass., January i, 1905.
To the Lowell Water Board:
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit the
Thirty-second Annual Report, for the year ending
December 31, 1904.
PUMPAGE.
Total net pumpage for 1904 2,007,487,767 Gallons.
Total net pumpage for 1903 1,923,370,860 Gallons.
An increase in 1904 of 84,116,907 Gallons.
CONSUMPTION.
Consumption for 1904 2,007,628,297 Gallons.
Consumption for 1903 1,922,390,231 Gallons.
An increase in 1904 of 85,238,048 Gallons.
The maximum pumpage for any one day was on Wednesday,
February 17, viz: —
At West Sixth Street station 6,573,750 Gallons.
At Cook Wells station 2,971,904 Gallons.
Total 9)545,654 Gallons.
54 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
The maximum pumpage for any one week was on the week
of February 16 — 22, viz : —
At West Sixth Street station 38,407,670 Gallons.
At Cook Wells station 20,579,424 Gallons.
Total 58,987,094 Gallons.
The pumpage for High Service was 68,174,988 gallons, which
is 15,301,230 gallons more than last year.
The cost of Low Service pumpage is nineteen dollars and
sixty-nine cents ($19.69) per million gallons, a decrease of four
dollars and thirty-four cents ($4.34) per million gallons from that
of last year.
The cost of High Service pumpage is eleven dollars and fifty-
two cents ($11.52) per million gallons, which added to the cost of
Low Service pumpage ($19.69), makes the total cost of pumpage
into the High Service system, thirty-one dollars and twenty-one
cents ($31.21) per million gallons a decrease of nine dollars and
ten cents ($9.10) per million gallons from that of last year.
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TABLE SHOWING AMOUNT OF COAL USED FOR
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Fires,
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In Pounds
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February
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20,000
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10,650
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REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
65
TABLE SHOWING AMOUNT OF ■ COAL USED FOR
WORTHINGTON DUPLEX ENGINE AT PUMP-
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REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
TABLE SHOWING AMOUNT OF COAL USED FOR
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COAL CONSUMED
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REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
67
TABLE SHOWING AMOUNT OF COAL USED FOR
DEANE ENGINES AT PUMPING STATION,
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COAL CONSUMED
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September
October ..
78,139
78,139
November r .
December ..
Totals
292,534
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292,534
68
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
TABLE SHOWING AMOUNT OF COAL USED FOR
KNOWLES ENGINES AT PUMPING STATION,
LOWER BOULEVARD, DURING
THE YEAR 1904.
COAL CONSUMED
MONTHS
For Starting
Fires,
In Pounds
When
Pumping,
In Pounds
For Banking
Fires,
In Pounds
Total
Per Month,
In Pounds
January
February
March...
565,055
471,750
434,600
40,380
565,055
471,750
434,600
40,380
15,395
8,000
April
May
Tune .
15,395.
8,000
396,350
301,263
216,363
July
October
396,350
301,263
216,363
'
November
December
256,285
256,285
Totals
2,690,046
15,395
2,705,441
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
6 9
TABLE SHOWING AMOUNT OF COAL USED* FOR
WORTHINGTON ENGINES AT PUMPING STATION,
UPPER BOULEVARD, DURING
THE YEAR 1904.
COAL CONSUMED
MONTHS
For Starting;
Fires,
In Pounds
When
Pumping,
In Pounds
For Banking
FiVes,
In Pounds
Total
Per Month,
In Pounds
January
February
March...
April
May
Tune
260,300
308,715
286,140
260,300
308,715
286,140
July
August
October
104,438
268,835
242,700
83,800
104,438
268,835
242,700
83,800
November
December
Totals
1,554,928
I,554,9 2 8
70 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
WEST SIXTH STREET PUMPING STATION, WORTH-
INGTON HIGH DUTY ENGINE, RUNNING
EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR 1904.
Pay of Engineers and Firemen $4>i73»55
206 1958-2000 tons of coal (Cumberland 1903) at $5.084 -j- 1,052.34
125 914-2000 tons of coal (Sonman Cumb. 1904) at $5. 125 642.97
26 729-2000 toas of coal (New River Cumb. 1904) at $4,196-)- 110.64
451 36-2000 tons of coal (New River Cumb. 1904) at $4,062-)- 1,832.27
312 11-100 gallons of cylinder oil, at $0,526-)- 164.29
129 72-100 gallons of engine oil, at $0.341 — 44.21
123 71-100 pounds of packing, at $0.906 — 112.07
221 3-100 pounds of cotton waste, at $0.125 — 2 7-54
336 50-100 pounds of castorine and keystone grease, at $0,138-)- 46.44
54 pounds of tallow, at $0.06 3.24
Repairs on engines l 99-47
Repairs on boilers 147.10
Tools and stock II. 17
Sundries 60.79
Total $8,628.09
Cost of pumping water into reservoir per million gallons, $9.28 — .
Cost of pumping water one foot high per million gallons, $0.05 64-100.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 7 1
WEST SIXTH STREET PUMPING STATION, WORTH-
INGTON DUPLEX ENGINE, RUNNING
EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR 1904.
•
Pay of Engineers and Firemen $635. 1 1
11 1998-2000 tons of coal (Cumb. 1903) at #5.084+ 61.01
25 1470-2000 tons of coal (Sonman Cumb. 1904) at #5.125 131-89
139 226-2000 tons of coal (New River Cumb. 1904) at #4.062+ 565.15
47 50-100 gallons of cylinder oil, at #0.526+ 25.00
19 74-100 gallons of engine oil, at #0.341 — 6.73
13 3-10 pounds of packing, at #0.576 7.66
33 63-100 pounds of cotton waste, at #0.125 — 4« x 9
15 pounds of tallow, at #0.06 .90
Repairs on boilers 22.38
Tools and stock 1.70
Sundries 9> 2 S
Total :.... #1,470.97
Cost of pumping water into reservoir per million gallons, #10.89+.
Cost of pumping water one foot high per millian gallons, #0.06 68-100 — .
72 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
WEST SIXTH STREET PUMPING STATION, MORRIS
ENGINE, RUNNING EXPENSES FOR
THE YEAR 1904.
Pay of Engineers and Firemen $3,992.09
74 1985-2000 tons of coal (Cumb. 1903) at $5,084 + 381.28
164 119-2000 tons of coal (Sonman Curab. 1904) at $5.125 840.80
127 1267-2000 tons of coal (New River Cumb. 1904) at $4,196+ .. 535-°o
450 83-2000 tons of coal (New River Cumb. 1904) at $4,062+ 1,828.29
298 54-100 gallons of cylinder oil, at $0,526+ I 57- I 5
124 8-100 gallons of engine oil, at $0.341 — 42.29
46 26-100 pounds of packing, at $0,597+ 27.64
211 42-100 pounds of cotton waste, at $0.125 — 26.34
27 pounds of tallow, at $0.06 1.62
Repairs on engine 160.12
Repairs on boilers 140.70
Tools and stock 10.68
Sundries 5^- x 5
Total $8,202.75
Cost of pumping water into reservoir per million gallons, $9.34 — .
Cost of pumping water one foot high per million gallons, $0.05 71-100+.
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WEST SIXTH STREET PUMPING STATION, HIGH
SERVICE ENGINE, RUNNING EXPENSES
FOR THE YEAR 1904.
Pay of Engineers and Firemen $272.19
5 1999-2000 tons of coal (Cumb. 1903), at $5,084+ 3°-5°
6 867-2000 tons of coal (Sonman Cumb. 1904), at $5,125 3 2 -97
6 123-2000 tons of coal (New River Cumb. 1904), at $4,196-)- 25,43
95 260-2000 tons of coal (New River Cumb. 1904), at $4,062-)- 386.47
20 35-100 gallons of cylinder oil, at $0,526-)- 10.71
8 46-100 gallons of engine oil, at $0.341 — 2.89
8 42-100 pounds of packing, at $0,652+ 5.49
14 42-100 pounds of cotton waste, at $0.125 — 1.80
Repairs on engine 2.37
Repairs on boilers 9.59
Tools and stock .73
Sundries . 3.96
Total $785.10
Cost of pumping water into reservoir per million gallons, $11.52 — .
Cost of pumping water one foot high per million gallons, .13 93-100+.
76 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
COOK WELLS PUMPING STATION, DEANE ENGINES,
RUNNING EXPENSES FOR THE
YEAR 1904.
Pay of Engineers and Firemen $323.80
146 534-2000 tons of coal (Sonman Cumb. 1903), at $5. 125 749.62
50 gallons of kerosene oil for lighting works, at $0.11 5-5°
49 gallons of cylinder oil, at $0.44 21.56
5 gallons of engine oil, at $0.35 1.75
47 5-10 pounds of packing, at $0,348-}- 16.55
25 pounds of cotton waste, at $0.125 — 3.12
Repairs on engines 36.90
Repairs on boilers 82.35
Tools and stock 41-83
Sundries 40.02
Total $1,323.00
Cost of pumping water into distributing mains per million gallons, $20.69 — •
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 77
LOWER BOULEVARD PUMPING STATION, KNOWLES
ENGINES, RUNNING EXPENSES FOR
THE YEAR 1904.
Pay of Engineers and Firemen $4,564.00
755 1785-2000 tons of coal (Cumb. 1903), at $7,646 , 5,779-55
589 261-2000 tons of coal (New River Cumb. 1904), at $4,241-)- 2,498.54
400 gallons of kerosene oil for lighting works, at $0.114 — 45-5°
139 gallons of cylinder oil, at $0,456-)- 63.43
25 5-10 gallons of engine oil, at $0.35 8.92
36 56-100 pounds of packing, at $0,753-)- 27.53
178 pounds of cotton waste, at $0.122 — 21.65
Repairs on engines 152. n
Repairs on boilers 489.76
Tools and stock ,; 44-41
Sundries 88.32
Total , $13,783.72
Cost of pumping water into conduit per million gallons, $11.90-
78 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
UPPER BOULEVARD PUMPING STATION, WORTH-
INGTON ENGINES, RUNNING EXPENSES
FOR THE YEAR 1904.
Pay for Engineers and Firemen $2,390.46
284 1015-2000 tons of coal (Cumb. 1903), at $5. 105 1,452.41
492 1913-2000 tons of coal (New River Cumb. 1904), at $4,241+ ... 2,090.66
200 gallons of kerosene oil for lighting works, at $0.11 22.00
100 gallons of cylinder oil, at $0.44 44.00
2 5 5 _I ° gallons of engine oil, at $0.35 8.93
24 pounds of packing, at $0.50 12.00
100 pounds of cotton waste, at $0.125 I2 -5°
Repairs on engines 66.30
Sundries I 3-OQ
Total $6,112.26
Cost of pumping water into conduit per million gallons, $6.99 — .
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
79
RESERVOIR, BEACON STREET, 1904.
MONTHS
Depth in Feet
Quantity in
U. S. Gallons
Temperature in Degrees
Of Water
Of Air
February
March
April
May
June
19.23
I9.I4
19.88
18.99
19-77
19.54
20.02
19.17
19-33
20.13
20.06
19.12
29, 2I 4,777
29,073,894
30,314,657
28,820,379
30, 133,3*4
29,741, 9 J 9
30,544,123
29,126,875
29,394,913
30,740,108
30,623,047
29,043,229
44.42
40.28
39.16
38.33
40.I3
46.87
49.61
56.61
59.23
59-44
54.5o
5o.97
20.24
20.31
35.02
43.64
61-33
65.21
72.15
68.73
6l.Il
48.72
36.17
24-59
My
October
November
8o
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE MONTHLY AND
DAILY CONSUMPTION OF WATER FOR
THE YEAR 1904.
MONTHS
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Totals and Averages
Gallons per Month
206,313,551
208,470,047
172,202,020
143,755,543
161,841,904
166,869,926
172,883,755
159,220,706
162,510,706
I53.HS.743
137,426,597
162,987,781
2,007,628,279
Gallons per Day
6,655,276
7,188,622
5,554,904
4,791,851
5,220,707
5,502,331
5,576,895
5,136,152
5,417,024
4,940,185
4,580,887
5,257,670
5,485,3 2 3
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 8 1
The following table shows the average daily con-
sumption of water, in gallons, for each month and each
year since the installation of the system.
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REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 83
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
For the Year Ending December 31, 1904.
In form recommended by the New England Water Works
Association.
LOWELL WATER WORKS.
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Population by census of 1900, 94,969.
Date of construction, 1870, to 1873.
Date of construction, High Service, 1881.
Date of construction, Driven wells, 1893 to I 9°3-
By whom owned : The City of Lowell.
Source of supply : Two hundred ten (210) driven wells in the
valley of River Meadow Brook, and three hundred forty-five
(345) driven wells at Pawtucket Boulevard.
Mode of supply : Pumping to reservoir and pumping direct.
PUMPING STATISTICS.
I. Builders of Pumping Machinery.
At West Sixth Street Station.
One engine, capacity 5,000,000' gallons in 24 hours, Henry
G. Morris.
One engine, capacity 5,000,000 gallons in 24 hours, Henry
R. Worthington.
84 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
One engine, capacity 10,000,000 gallons in 24 hours, Henry
R. Worthington.
One engine, capacity 500,000 gallons in 24 hours, Henry
R. Worthington.
At Cook Wells Station, Temporary Pumps.
One engine, capacity 3,000,000 gallons in 24 hours, The Deane
Steam Pump Co.
One engine, capacity 3,000,000 gallons in 24 hours, The Deane
Steam Pump Co.
At Lower Boulevard Station, Temporary Pumps.
One engine, capacity 3,000,000 gallons in 24 hours, Knowles
Steam Pump Works.
One engine, capacity 3,000,000 gallons in 24 hours, Knowles
Steam Pump Works.
One engine, capacity 3,000,000 gallons in 24 hours, Knowles
Steam Pump Works.
At Upper Boulevard Station, Temporary Pumps.
One engine, capacity 3,000,000 gallons in 24 hours, Henry
R. Worthington.
One engine, capacity 3,000,000 gallons in 24 hours, Henry
R. Worthington.
a. Kind, bituminous.
b. Brand of coal, — Sonman and
New River. *
c. Average price of coal per
gross ton, delivered, $4.75+
d. Percentage of ash.
e. Wood, price per cord.
3. Coal consumed for the year, 8,386,937 pounds.
(Low Service, West Sixth Street Station, 3,606,785
pounds).
4. (Pounds of wood) -f- 3 = equivalent amount of coal = 2,400,
West Sixth Street Station.
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REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 85
5. Total equivalent coal consumed for the year — (3) + (4),
8)389,337 pounds. (Low Service, West Sixth Street
Station, 3,609,185 pounds).
6. Total pumpage for the year, 2,007,487,767 gallons.
7. Average static head against which pumps work, 156.30 feet,
West Sixth Street Station.
8. Average dynamic head against which pumps work, 163.97
feet, West Sixth Street Station.
9. Number of gallons pumped per pound of equivalent coal (5),
239. (Low Service, West Sixth Street Station, 538).
_ Gals, pumped (6) X 8. 34 (lbs. ) X 100 X dynamic head (8)
Total fuel consumed (5)
= 73,640,173. West Sixth Street Station, Low Service.
Cost of pumping figured on pumping station expenses,
viz: $39,520.79.
11. Per million gallons pumped, $19.69 — Low Service.
12. Per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic), $0.1201 — Low
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REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 87
STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER.
1. Estimated total population at date, — 104,400.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe. (Estimated total
population used).
3. Estimated population supplied. (Estimated total population
used).
4. Total consumption for the year, — 2,007,628,279 gallons.
5. Passed through meters, — 875,780,355 gallons.
6. Percentage of consumption metered, — 43 62-100.
7. Average daily consumption, — 5,485,323 gallons.
8. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, — 52 5-10.
9. Gallons per day to each consumer, — 52 5-10 nearly.
10. Gallons per day to each tap, — 486.
11. Cost of supplying water, per million gallons, figured on total
maintenance (item C. C. ) $44.01.
12. Total cost of supplying water, per million gallons, figured on
total maintenance + interest on bonds, — $66.74.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
Mains.
1. Kind of pipe, cast iron.
2. Sizes, from 4 inch to 30 inch.
3. Extended 5706 feet during year.
5. Total now in use, — 133,67 miles.
8. Length of pipes less than 4 inches diameter — 2 miles, more
or less.
9. Number of hydrants added during the year (public and
private) 11.
10. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, — 1212.
11. Number of stop gates added during the year, — 26.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, — 1331.
13. Number of stop gates smaller than 4 inch, — 25.
14. Number of blow-offs, — 34.
15. Range of pressure on mains, 17 lbs. to 72 lbs. Low Service.
Services.
16. Kind of pipe, Lead, Lead-lined iron, Iron and Tin-lined iron.
17. Sizes, s/ 8 " to 2".
18. Extended, 6,638 feet.
88 REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
20. Total now in use, — 84.4 miles.
21. Number of service traps added during the year, — 178.
22. Number now in use, — 1 1, 287.
23. Average length of Service, — 39.48 feet.
24. Average cost of service for the year, — $27.52.
25. Number of meters added, — 277.
26. Number now in use, — 7,513.
27. Percentage of services metered, — 63.5.
28. Percentage of receipts from metered water (B 4- C), 79.
The State Board of Health has made analyses of water each
month from the Merrimack River (for record only), and wells at
Pawtucket Boulevard; a record of which is annexed.
On August 24, 1903, your Board' voted to refer to the City
Engineer and Superintendent of Water Works the whole matter
relative to supplying the Locks and Canals Company with water
for fire purposes in such a manner as to prevent a repetition of the
disaster of July 18, 1903, when the city water was polluted by
River water being pumped into the city mains.
After consulting with the Engineer of the Locks and Canals
Company, it was decided to remove all the connections between
the pipes of their system and that of the City of Lowell, and then
to allow them to use river water.
On May 13, 1904, an agreement was signed by the Mayor
allowing them to substitute a 24 inch pipe for a 12 inch pipe,
leading from their reservoir on Lynde's Hill through Fairmount,
Mansur, Nesmith and East Merrimack Streets, across Concord
River, to their pipe in Merrimack Square. This agreement
provides ' ' That the pipe shall be laid in a line and at grade
approved by the City Engineer and in a manner satisfactory to him."
This has been done and your Board may congratulate itself on
the successful solution of a problem, which has made possible the
permanent removal of these dangerous connections.
In conclusion, I wish to thank you for your earnest co-opera-
tion and for the many courtesies I have received from you during
' Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE BOWERS,
City Engineer.
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CITY OF LOWELL.
1905.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATION.
City Hall, Lowell, Mass., March 6, 1905.
To the City Council: —
The Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations
have considered the various department estimates for
the year 1905, and respectfully submit herewith its
report in accordance with the Ordinance.
To your Committee it seems, from the conditions
which confronted us, that the City of Lowell is stagger-
ing under the weight of a burden which succeeding
years increase rather than lessen. It would not be sur-
prising if in an occasional year the City had failed to
make a good showing, but we are face to face with the
fact that every year seems to bring on a greater load
of responsibility than the previous one. The result is a
tax rate that every honest citizen regrets.
Your Committee at the outset started on a line of
inquiry and investigation that, we are sure, will correct
to some extent the evils we are satisfied exist at the
present time.
Several visits to the Assessors' office, where are
compiled the official records of valuations and abate-
ments, brought to light a condition of affairs which
warranted us in unanimously deciding to probe further.
The City Treasurer was asked for a list containing
certain information for the years 1900, 1901, 1902 and
1903, and, on authority of the City Solicitor, he declined
to give the same. The City Solicitor informed your
Committee that such a list could only come by a direct
order of the City Council itself. Realizing that the
welfare of the citizens of Lowell was at stake, we had
an order prepared (and approved by City Solicitor
William A. Hogan), calling on the Treasurer to give
the list alluded to. This order was passed by the City
Council by practically an unanimous vote, and your
Committee was gratified at the manner in which it was
received by the members of both branches. It is our
intention to investigate matters contained in the list as
soon as it is received.
A few figures will show the problem that con-
fronted the Committee at the outset.
The total estimated revenue from all sources this
year is $1,310,123.04, a decrease of about $9,000. from
last year. In fact, the decrease is much greater than
that, because this year's revenue includes the insurance
money of $60,000., which is not an ordinary revenue,
but one due to the burning of Huntington Hall. For
this reason your Committee did not feel justified in
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devoting the $60,000. to department appropriations,
especially in view of the fact that the City may soon
deem it wise, or perhaps obligatory, to rebuild Hunting-
ton Hall. For that reason the $60,000. is allowed to
remain in the General Treasury Fund, so that it will
be available at any moment for a new hall. This plan
we believe much preferable to devoting the $60,000. to
department needs and later being obliged to borrow for
a hall if one is built. Therefore, our real shortage in
revenue this year, compared to last year, is very close
to $70,000.
The department expenses in 19(J4 were about
$136,000. more than the previous year ; yet, as above
stated, revenues are growing less. The General
Treasury Fund revenue, including Huntington Hall
insurance money, is estimated for 3 905 at $452,489.70,
which is over $5,000. less than last year, and, if Hunt-
ington Hall insurance money is eliminated, as we
believe it should be, the difference is over $65,000.
There seems to be a general decrease in revenues from
first to last and but very few items show an increase.
The estimated revenue derived from taxation is
nearly $4,000. less than last year, and it follows of
course that the real and personal valuation is some-
what lower, even though we fail to see why it should be.
At the beginning of the year 1904, the General
Treasury Fund showed a balance of $4,600. ; January
1,1903, there was a deficit of $1,043.50 ; January 1,1902,
a balance of $16,982.87, and January 1, 1901, a balance
of $8,000. On the first day of the present year the
General Treasury Fund, instead of showing a balance,
as it almost invariably has shown, at the beginning of
the year, showed a deficit of $9,705.30. The greatest
single decrease in the items making up the General
Treasury Fund estimated revenue is on Corporation Tax,
which dropped from nearly $90,000.00 in 1904 to $67,000.
in 1905. There were other decreases, though not so
large, and a few items show slight increases.
The total department estimates this year exceed by
$243,000. the total amount available, leaving out of
course Huntington Hall insurance money, so it became
necessary for vour Committee to cut $243,000., or nearly
a quarter of a million. This was about $8,000. more
than it was necessary to cut last year. The total amount
recommended for departments is $64,000. less than last
year.
We are pleased to call attention to the fact that
fixed charges for 1905 are $14,458. less than last year,
and this is due to the fact that City Debt payments have
decreased by $7,958.60, Sinking Funds $6,000., and
Interest #500.
Your Committee noticed that several heads of de-
partments asked for increases in pay of clerks. These
were undoubtedly worthy cases, and we regretted that
we could not favor the increases asked. We took the
position that the clerks have steady work the entire year,
and that any spare money that might be found could
with much better grace be added to the various appro-
priations for labor, remembering that the city laborer
averages not more than three days' work a week, if he
does that.
The Fire Department asked for an appropriation
sufficiently large to allow the addition of 12 permanent
men, and this was one demand your Committee could
not possibly ignore. The best we could do was to rec-
ommend an appropriation for seven additional perma-
nent men, but we regret that we could not recommend
more.
Among the places visited was the Health Depart-
ment stable, and we were shocked to see some of the
worn-out, diseased horses upon which the Department
depends for its work. This is no reflection upon the
management, for with the appropriations given from
year to year an excellent showing has been made.
If the Agent of the Humane Societv had been
apprised of the condition of these animals, he would
long ago have condemned at least six of them to death.
We have recommended an appropriation large
enough to cover the cost of six new horses.
We desire to herein voice our disapproval of the
method of conducting the City Library. This depart-
ment, which, by a most unwise law, is a corporation
entirely apart from the City of Lowell, was given an
appropriation last year of $16,000. This appropriation
was exceeded by $2,612.92., and an appropriation of
$18,500 was asked this year. The income from the
Davis bequest amounts to about $3,000 annually, and
we believe an appropriation of $13,000 with that amount,
is sufficient for the present year. Acting under orders,
the Librarian informed us that the Trustees did not
believe in spending the Davis income for running
expenses, but for " the making of a better library."
We hope the Trustees will find that by using the Davis
income for running expenses they will have " a better
library" than if they depended on the City Council
appropriation alone.
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Your Committee visited the City Farm and found
many repairs needed. An estimate was given by the
Superintendent of Public Buildings, and, with few-
exceptions, we have been able to recommend something
for every item he called absolutely necessary.
With the exception of the School Department, the
appropriations recommended are, we believe, sufficient
to last the entire year, and we would recommend the
removal of any department head who, without good
and sufficient cause, exceeds his appropriation. For
the School Department we have recommended $197,000.
and we will be pleased to later recommend an addi-
tional $74,000. This will make the whole appropria-
tion $271,000., and we believe that sufficient for the
year.
Your Committee w T ould earnestly recommend that
a strict watchfulness be kept on the matter of loans
during the current year. City Debt and Sinking Fund
payments are on the decrease, and we can see some
relief ahead if interest is kept down to the lowest
possible figure and decreased substantially every year.
The total amount recommended for departments
is $1,244,606.13 and this will leave a balance of
$5,461.67 in the General Treasury Fund, besides, the
Huntington Hall insurance money.
Estimated Revenue, 1905,
Valuation real and personal
property, 1904 $71,614,907 00
Deduct abatements, 1904.... 153,795 00
$71,461,112 00
Multiply by $12 per $1,000
of valuation 12.00
Estimated Revenue Based on Revenue
for 1904
Incidentals $3,500 00
City Cemeteries 8,100 00
City Clerk 1,400 00
City Weigher 200 00
City Sealer 340 00
City Treasurer 3,000 00
Corporation Tax 67,000 00
Fire Department 150 00
Health Department 4,000 00
Inspector of Milk 125 00
Insurance Huntington Hall.. 60,000 00
Liquor Licenses 172,000 00
Military Aid ^
Soldiers' Relief t 18,000 00
State Aid )
Park Department 1,000 00
Pauper Dept. (Almshouse).. 1,000 00
Pauper Dept.( Outdoor Relief) 5,000 00
Police Department 15,000 00
Public Buildings 2,500 00
School Department 6,000 00
Sewer Construction 17,000 00
Street Department 9,000 00
Watering Streets 18,000 00
Interest 25,000 00
National Bank Tax 8,750 00
Excise Tax 7,000 00
$857,533 34
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Estimated Revenue Based on Revenue
for 1904
Armory Rent 1,200 00
Street Railway Tax 8,000 00
Lighting Department 30 00
.$462,295 00
Less General Treasury Fund
Deficiency 1905 9,705 30
Total Estimated Revenue for
the year 1905
$ 452,589 70
$1,310,123 04
Department Expenses for 1904 — Estimates for 1905 — Amount
Recommended by Committee on Appropriations,
Department Department Committee
Expenses Estimates Recommends
1904 1905 1905
Assessors $ 13,681 71 $14,700 00 $14,183 00
Auditor 3,967 84 4,086 00 3,957 00
Care of City Hall 7,231 50 7,198 25 7,198 25
City Cemeteries 8,971 63 11,000 00 9,000 00
City Clerk 5,69103 6,528 00 5,69100
City Treasurer 11,362 85 11,548 00 11,440 00
City Sealer 416 65 420 00 416 00
City Weigher 818 50 825 00 818 00
City Messenger 3,150 05 3,150 16 3,150 00
Clerk of Committees 1,340 85 1,400 00 1,400 00
Clerk of Common Council 300 00 300 00 300 00
Elections 13,302 25 13,607 00 13,000 00
Engineering 15,033 45 7,500 00 7,300 00
Fire Department 135,780 00 144,313 75 138,988 00
Fish Warden 40 00 40 00 40 00
Health Department, Office 11,756 26 11,923 00 11,456 00
Health Department, Yard 34,695 71 35,504 00 34,735 00
Heating C. H. & M. B 7,928 38 7,900 00 7,900 00
Huntington Hall 4,556 08 750 00 750 00
Incidentals 2,573 61 2,800 00 2,800 00
Insurance 5,287 77 2,461 64 2,461 64
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Department
Expenses
1904
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. 2,344 87
Inspection of Animals and
Provisions 500 00
Inspection of Wires 2,865 74
Law Department 5,542 25
Library 17,475 89
Liquor Licenses 42,974 00
Lighting Department 101,369 1C
Mayor's Department 4,393 47
Park Department 13,095 85
Pauper Dept. (Almshouse).... 71,621 03
Pauper Dept.( Outdoor Relief). 53,107 01
Poundkeeper 5 00
Police Department 145,854 28
Public Buildings 29,869 17
Registrars of Voters 4,085 51
Rifle Range 990 81
School Department 299,532 79
School Houses 71,689 60
Sewer Maintenance 27,114 90
State Aid Department 30,046 68
Sewer Construction 115,989 42
Street Department 216,482 71
Supply Department 6,367 21
Tax Cases 292 50
Watering Streets 16,855 77
Waterworks 181,298 24
Totals .$1,749,649 92
Department
Estimates
1905
Committee
Recommends
1905
2,405 25
2,355 25
500 00
500 00
2,726 00
2,628 00
6,624 00
6,538 00
18,500 00
13,000 00
43,000 00
43,000 00
107,902 82
101,370 00
4,600 00
4,600 00
16,200 00
13,544 00
63,823 94
54,500 00
49,631 00
43,533 00
5 00
5 00
144,649 91
144,149 91
38,170 50
26,370 50
5,491 00
4,550 00
1,000 00
700 00
306,000 00
197,000 00
88,379 00
62,000 00
28,060 60
22,939 00
30,500 00
30,020 00
221,417 75
173,500 00
6,510 44
6,319 58
20,039 30 15,500 00
.,493,091 31 |1,244,606 13
Summary of Anticipated Receipts and Appropriations, 1905
Amount which assessors are directed to raise
by taxation $1,291,900 00
Revenue Estimated 452,589 70
$1,744,489 70
Fixed Charges 434,421 90
Appropriated for Departments 1,244,606 13
$1,679,028 03
Balance left in General Treasury Fund 65,461 67
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Your Committee introduce the accompanying Joint
Orders and recommend the adoption of the same.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS H. BRADEN, Chairman.
ALBERT F. GRANT,
DANIEL COSGROVE,
WILLIAM H. DODGE,
HARRY H. J. READ,
ANDREW McALOON,
CHARLES F. MORSE,
Committee on Appropriations.
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CITY OF LOWELL.
In Board of Aldermen.
Order to Appropriate Money to meet Fixed Charges and
Current Expenses.
Ordered, if the Common Council concur, That the
following sums amounting to one million, six hundred
seventy-nine thousand, twenty-eight dollars and three
cents ($1,679,028.03) be and they are hereby appropriated
to meet the Fixed Charges and Current Expenses of
the City of Lowell for the year beginning January 1,
1905, and ending December 31, 1905.
Assessors.
Salaries $12,535 00
Sundries 1,648 00
$14,183 00
Auditor.
Salaries 3,516 00
Sundries 441 00
3,957 00
Care of City Hall.
Labor 5,294 50
Police Officer 1,003 75 -
Sundries 900 00
7,198 25
City Cemeteries 9,000 00
City Clerk.
Salaries 4,628 00
Sundries 1,063 00
5,691 00
City Treasurer.
Salaries 7,340 00
Sundries 4,100 00
11,440 00
City Sealer.
Salary 350 00
Sundries 66 00
416 00
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City Weigher.
Salary 800 00
Sundries 18 00
City Messenger.
Salary 1,200 00
Sundries 400 00
Lighting City Hall and Memorial Building. 1,550 00
Health Department. Yard.
Labor 28,637 00
Sundries ,. 6,098 00
818 00
3,150 00
Clerk of Committees.
Salary 1,200 00
Sundries 200 00
1,400 00
Clerk of Common Council 300 00
Elections 13,000 00
(Principal Election Officers $8 per day,
Deputies $1 per day.)
Engineering 7,300 00
Fire Department.
Salaries and labor 111,338 00
Sundries 24,450 00
Repairs No. 4 and 6 Engines 3,200 00
138,988 00
Fish Warden 40 00
Pound Keeper 5 00
Health Department. Office.
Salaries and labor 9,135 00
Sundries 2,321 00
11,456 00
34,735 00
Heating City Hall and Memorial Building.
Labor 3,000 00
Fuel 4,300 00
Sundries 600 00
7,900 00
Huntington Hall 750 00
Rifle Range 700 00
Incidentals 2,800 00
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Insurance 2,461 64
Milk and Vinegar.
Salaries 2,205 25
Sundries 150 00
2,355 25
Inspector of Animals and Provisions 500 00
Inspector of Wires.
Salaries 2,226 00
Sundries 402 00
2,628 00
Law Department.
Salaries 4,824 00
Sundries 714 00
5,538 00
Library 13,000 00
Lighting Department.
Lighting Streets 100,195 00
Lighting Public Buildings 21 00
Labor sundries 1,154 00
101,370 00
Liquor Licenses 43,000 00
Mayor.
Salaries 4,200 00
Sundries 400 00
Park Department.
Salaries and labor 9,000 00
Sundries 3,544 00
Care of trees 1,000 00
Paupers (Almshouse).
Salaries • 2,700 00
Labor 10,000 00
Grain, groceries and provisions 23,000 00
Sundries 18,800 00
Paupers (Outdoor relief).
Salaries 3,785 00
Office sundries and transportation 700 00
General sundries 39,048 00
Police Department.
Salaries of Police Board and Clerk 5,000 00
Salaries and labor, Police Department 133,149 91
Sundries 6,000 00
4,600 00
13,544 00
54,500 00
43,533 00
144,149 91
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Public Buildings Department.
Salaries 2,736 00
Labor, carpenters, painters, etc 8,239 00
Janitor, Police Station 912 50
Asst. Janitor, Police Station 477 00
Janitor, Memorial Hall 702 00
Sundries, board of horses 1,305 00
Electric power 254 00
Work not done by Department 4,500 00
Materials 3,800 00
Painting City Hall 1,000 00
Repairing Palmer Street engine house 1,000 00
City Farm Repairs.
12 double windows hung in female hospital. 240 00
16 new windows in male dining room 160 00
New sheathing door from barn yard to
hospital yard 10 00
New floor in cow stable 300 00
Refrigerator repairs 250 00
2 new doors 20 00
Electric wiring 250 00
Screens for hospitals 115 00
Taking gratings from female hospital 100 00
Registrars of Voters.
Salaries and labor 3,850 00
Sundries 700 00
Schools
School Houses
Sewer Maintenance.
Salaries 2,939 00
Labor 12,000 00
Sundries 8,000 00
State Aid.
Salaries and sundries 2,020 00
Military Aid 4,000 00
Soldiers' Relief 9,000 00
State Aid 15,000 00
26,370 50
4,550 00
197,000 00
62,000 00
22,939 00
80,020 00
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Streets.
Salaries 4,000 00
Yard labor 11,000 00
Care of streets 100,000 00
New sidewalks 7,500 00
Sidewalk repairs 4,000 00
Sundries 47,000 00
Supply Department.
Salaries and labor 5,444 58
Sundries 875 00
173,500 00
6,319 58
Watering Streets.
Labor 5,000 00
Sundries 10,500 00
15,500 00
Department total $1,244,606 13
FIXED CHARGES.
City Debt $267,621 90
Interest 134,500 00
Sinking Funds 32,300 00
434,421 90
Total $1,679,028 03
LIMIT OF INDEBTEDNESS.
Limit of municipal debt for 1905,
2k % on $71,601,535 67 (average
valuation for last three years) $1,790,038 40
Total city debt, Dec. 31, 1904 $3,479,680 00
Deduct Water Loans $1,162,300 00
Deduct exemptions by Legislature 800,000 00
1,962,300 00
City Debt as it relates to limit of
indebtedness $1,517,380 00
Distance from limit, Jan. 1, 1905..
City Debt $275,580 50
Interest
Sinking Funds
1U ATJOFS
$272,658 40
1904
1905
Decrease
£275,580 50
$267,621 90
$7,958 60
135,000 00
134,500 00
500 00
38,300 00
32,300 00
6,000 00
$448,880 50 $434,421 90 $14,458 60
CITY OF LOWELL.
In Board of Aldermen.
Order relating to Report of Committee on Appropriations.
Ordered, if the Common Council concur, That a
sufficient number of copies of the report of the Committee
on Appropriations be printed for, and that they be
included in, the published volumes of the Lowell City
Documents for the year 1905, the expense of the printing
to be charged to the Appropriation for Incidentals.
CITY OF LOWELL.
In Board of Aldermen.
Order to Assess Taxes for the year Nineteen Hundred
and Five.
Ordered, if the Common Council concur :
First. — That the Board of Assessors of the City
of Lowell be, and they are hereby instructed to raise the
sum of One Million, Two Hundred Ninety-one Thousand,
Nine Hundred Dollars ($1,291,900.00) by assessment upon
Polls and Estates of the Inhabitants of the City of Lowell,
and Estates of Non-Resident Proprietors, according to law,
to defray the current expenses of the City for the financial
year beginning January 1, 1905. and ending December 31,
1905.
Second. — That interest at the rate of six per
centum per annum shall be charged on all taxes under
this order which remain unpaid on and after the twentieth
day of October, 1905, until the same shall be paid, and
such interest shall be added to and be considered a part
of said Taxes.
Third. — That a copy of this Order shall be fur-
nished to the Board of Assessors by the City Clerk within
ten days after the approval of the same.
Annual Report
OF THE
Overseers of the Poor
FOR THE
City of Lowell
With Accompanying Papers
For Municipal Year
1904
LOWELL, MASS.
Buokland Printing Company
1905
Overseers of Poor
1904
MARTIN F. CONLEY
Chairman
EDWARD H. FOYE EDWIN S. EASTMAN
WILLIAM J. DUNN VITAL ROBERTS
JOHN F. McCOY CHAS. E. TILTON
JOHN J. DUFF P. J. McDERMOTT
Secretary and Superintendent of Outdoor Poor
MARTIN J. COURTNEY - City Hall
Hours 9 a. m. to 4 P. M.
Superintendent of City Hospital and Almshouse
Dr. CHARLES E. DONLAN - - - Almshouse
Officials and Employees of the Department
Secretary's Office
CLERKS
Nellie A. Keyes William H. Gallagher
City Dispensary
Edwin F. Mason - - - - - - Pharmacist
City Hall, Hours 9,30 a. m. to 1 p. m., 2.30 to 5 p. m.
Ambulance Physician
Dr. Patrick E. Sullivan - - Associate Building
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City Physician
Dr. Forster H. Smith
805 Merrimack Street
Dispensary Physicians
District One
Dr.
T. Halloran
" Two
Dr.
A. J. Halpin
44 Three
Dr.
J. Boyle
" Four
Dr.
O. P. Porter
" Five
Dr.
J. E. Leary
u Six
Dr.
P. Brunelle
4 Runels Building
Swan Building
Wamesit St.
253 Central St.
Associate Building
35 E. Merrim'k St.
A physician will be in attendance at the City Dispensary,
City Hall, every day, except Sundays and Holidays, from 11 a. m.
to 12 m. Patients unable to get to the Dispensary will be treated
at their homes on a line from Secretary's Office.
Lowell City Hospital and Almshouse
CHELMSFORD STREET
Dr. Charles E. Donlan
John J. Mahoney
Superintendent
Clerk
Committees — Overseers of Poor, 1904
Accounts — Conley, McCoy amd Dunn.
Repairs — Conley, McCoy and Foye.
Agriculture — McDermott, Dunn and Tilton.
Clothing — Duff, Roberts and Conley.
Dispensary — Foye, McCoy and Duff.
Printing — Duff, Conley and Eastman.
Out Door Relief — McDermott, Foye and McCoy.
Provisions and Supplies — Duff, Tilton and Foye.
Wood Yard — Dunn, Conley and Roberts.
Insurance — Foye, Duff and Tilton.
Office of the Overseers of the Poor,
City Hall, January 5, 1905.
To His Honor the Mayor, and the Honorables, the Members
of the City Council, Lowell, Mass.
Gentlemen: — In accordance with the provisions of the
City Charter, I herewith present the following as the report
of the Overseers of the Poor department for the fiscal year
1904.
MARTIN F. CONLEY, Chairman,
For the Overseers of Poor.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Board of Overseers of the Poor,
Lowell, Mass.
Gentlemen : —
In compliance with the rules of your board I herewith
present my annual report as Supt. of Out Door Poor for
the year 1904. In some respects the year was a memorable
one, inasmuch as it marked the beginning of two distinct
changes in the laws governing the workings of this depart-
ment, namely, the removal of our control and supervision
from all insane cases and the discontinuance of the Work-
house at the City Institutions. . The first mentioned law,
placing all insane under State control, was passed in 1900
and became operative January 1, 1904 and the other was
passed by last year's legislature and became operative October
1, 1904. In the other branches of the department 1904 can
be taken as a normal year and' the expenditures represent a
fair average under our present system of doing business.
As the department seems to be very much in the public
eye at present and criticism and censure appear to be the
only offerings due us, I have decided to go into a little
more detail than usual so that a more intelligent idea of our
expenses can be had and a better idea of our work can be
formed. That the amount yearly expended can be greatly
reduced without entailing any suffering I do not deny and I
have repeatedly called this fact to your attention. But that
we merit all the unkind things said about us I do deny and
claim that we are like every other pauper department in
the state, striving for the minimum in expenditures. How-
ever, the millennium has not yet been reached and the
minimum is still far in the small end of the perspective.
In Memoriam
At the outset of the year the department sustained a
severe loss in the death of James F. Walsh, the chief clerk
in the office. For twenty years he occupied that position
and the excellence of the records he leaves behind serve as
a monument to testify to his great efficiency. He was a man
of sterling qualities and of much natural ability ; to these
were added a good education, a thorough knowledge of his
work and a familiarity with the geneology of Lowell's poor
such as no man among us can hope to posses. He was
conscientious in his dealings with all and the essence of loyalty
to his official superiors. In his death the city lost a servant
whose place can never be entirely filled. While mourning
the occasion I gratefully embrace this opportunity to pay a
well deserved tribute to one, whose existence and endeavors
are now but fading memories but whose life's work will
always, live in the annals of this department and shine out
on the pages of its history with a brilliancy that proclaims
its work well and faithfully done.
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The Office
The volume of business transacted in the office is enor-
mous and is constantly on the increase. The amount of
detail work necessary to comply with the pauper laws and
to ensure complete records, takes considerable time, not to
speak of the great number of people constantly in attendance
whose wants have to be listened to. It is sate to say that
there is not a busier office in the building than ours nor is
there another to which more people come in the course of
a year. The work is of a complicated, intricate character
and any neglect of it is followed by great expense to the
city. It is work that won't wait and must be kept up.
The following figures will serve to give you an idea of
some of the work accomplished last year.
The number of notices sent to other cities and towns by us,
claiming settlements for persons found in this city was 119. Of
this number 56 were renewal of notices on acknowledged cases
and 63 were for new cases. Of the last number 47 settlements
were admitted and 16 denied. The number of notices received by
us, claiming settlements in this city for people found in other
places throughout the state was 154. Of this number 38 were
renewals on people we had already found to have settlements here,
66 new claims were acknowledged and 50 were denied. The
number of state notices from state institutions was 104. Of this
number 45 claims were denied. The number of state notices sent
can be estimated by the number of state cases aided during the
year in the table to be found appended. The number of official
letters written during the year was 268.
During the year 314 people have been sent out of the city by
us at a cost of $389.26. The places to which they were sent were
Tewksbury, Boston, Chicopee, Beverly, Fall River, Framingham,
Rutland, Holyoke, and New Bedford in Mass. ; St. Gabrielle,
Sherbrooke, Nicolet, Vercheres, and Montreal, P. Q. ; Plymouth
and Manchester, N. H. ; Togus and Readfield, Me. ; Providence,
R. I. ; Philadelphia, Pa. ; Queenstown, Ire. We have moved
back to this city 34 Lowell paupers found elsewhere in the slate.
The number of histories taken during the year was 414.
This means the addition of over 1000 names at least to the pauper
rolls. The total number of histories catalogued is 7,192.
The number of orders for provisions given on the Almshouse
department was 4,312 Of this number 4,300 were $2.00 orders
and 12 for $3.00 orders, making the total cost $8,636.00. The
number of fuel orders given was 4,538. Of this number 1,827
were for wood and coal jointly and the balance for wood only. The
amount of wood and coal used can be found in the appended table.
The amount expended on orders on stores jumped to the
highest figure it has ever reached, being 887 orders. The amount
thus expended is $2,757.89, being $795.05 higher than in 1903
and $917.48 more than the year previous. These orders on stores
have always caused more unfavorable comment than any other
form of aid. For years they have been a bone of contention and
only those directly benefitted favor this form of aid. For years I
have advocated the establishment of a city store from which every
order given by us shall be delivered. The showing of the past
year in dispensing $11,393.89 worth of provisions only goes to
show the absolute necessity for such a store. Last year the matter
was brought before the committee on appropriations and received
their unanimous approval. We had prepared plans and estimates
of cost for building the store, to be located on the board's lot at
the corner of Broadway and Fletcher St. The cost would be
inconsiderate compared with the savings that would accrue to the
city. The favorable recommendation of the committee on appro-
priation passed both branches of the City Council and went to the
Mayor for his approval. At the expiration of eight days he sent
it back to the City Council with the following communication :
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Lowell, Mass., March 4th, 1904.
To the City Council:
" Gentlemen : — I have returned this day to the City Council a
Joint Order presented to me for approval March 3, entitled an
44 Order to Appropriate money to meet fixed charges and current
expenses." I have approved the items of the order except the
item " Building store and wood yard $2,000.00 " under the head
of u Paupers " (Outdoor Relief). This item I disapprove.
I do not believe it is wise nor will it prove to be economical
for the city to establish a municipal store and woodyard for the
benefit of the poor who receive relief at their homes. The exper-
iment of maintaining a municipal woodyard has already been tried
and abandoned as costly and unsatisfactory. In my opinion the
sum of $2,000.00 is not sufficient to erect and fit up buildings for
the proposed purposes. This expenditure would be only the
beginning of a large expense. The change that is contemplated
in the method of disbursing out door relief means that the city will
have to pay a considerable sum yearly for work that it now gets
for nothing or in part recompense for support and aid given at the
Almshouse. I do not believe that either in the method of pur-
chasing pauper supplies, their handling or delivery, the city will
be a gainer by the adoption of the proposed change.
There is a kind of pauperism, the result of sloth, shiftlessness
and dissipation, which fastens itself unblushingly upon the muni-
cipality and arrogantly demands support. Let us not contribute
to the increase of such pauperism, the expense of which is already
a heavy burden, by making it attractive, through a strained effort
to have the facilities for its relief unduly easy.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES E. HOWE, Mayor.
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This communication was first laid on the table for a week at
the end of which time a committee of three aldermen were ap-
pointed to look up the matter and report back. This committee
has never reported, so the matter stayed on the table until. the
expiration of the year.
I never believed that the reasons given by the Mayor were all
that prompted his action in this matter. I have an idea that the
objections of a number of tradesmen, who would lose a few dollars
every year by the change, had considerable to do with influencing
his mind.
However that may be the opinion of those, supposedly to be
as anxious for the city's welfare as any other, and by experience
best qualified to know the needs of the department, were unheeded
and the matter was allowed to drop. I have no hesitation in
saying that to my mind the city store idea is the very best the city
can adopt. It has been tried elsewhere and has always given
satisfaction. The very reasons the Mayor gives for refusing to
approve the measure are the ones to my mind which commend its
passage. The amount asked for would have been sufficient to
meet the expense of fitting up the building according to the estim-
ate of the foreman of the lands and buildings department. The
expenditures would be final and the amount the city would be
called upon to pay for the work now being done for nothing by
almshouse inmates would be more than made up by the saving in
the profits of the grocers, who supply the orders on stores, and the
lessening of the aid given. That undesirable class of paupers
referred to are shielded much more under the present system than
by the one proposed. With the city store we not only are in closer
touch with them but we know just what they get. All recipients
get what they need and the amount of goods wasted yearly would
be reduced to absolutely nothing. That is to say that in the $2.00
orders from the almshouse, we put up a regular order of staple
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necessities, all of which are not acceptable to every person. The
result is that a large amount of goods are yearly wasted by not
being used by the recipient. In the doing away with orders on
stores the room for improvement is manifest. That the entire
yearly output of the department would be very materially reduced
by the city store system I am confidently sure, and I regret the
failure of its adoption last year.
I would counsel the board to recommend orders on stores for
customers only in extreme cases. This form of aid is so simple
and is so easy that the liability of its abuse is always present. No
other form of aid adds so much to the yearly increase in business.
Only in cases of sickness and extreme old age should orders on
stores be given and to all others should go the regular order from
the almshouse. In fact I would do away with orders on stores
altogether, as I know that this method of giving aid attracts more
paupers, who want more and stay longer and more continually on
the rolls, than are attracted by delivering the goods ourselves. An
overseer is not always doing a good turn for a family by getting
them pauperized. In many instances it is the worst possible thing
he could do for them. Especially is that so when the getting of
the aid is made easy, agreeable and inviting.
Cash Allowances
The amount of cash expended last year amounted to $4,573.03.
Of this amount $1,500.04 went for the care of childrens in families
and the balance $3,072.99 for the support of aged and infirm
people. Besides the 40 children who shared in its benefiits, 38
adults were supported. Among pauper authorities the giving of
cash is not approved. I think that it is advisable in some cases,
but am not in accord with the generous policy towards which we
are drifting. On that account I have always refused to take upon
myself the responsibility of adding any name to the cash allowance
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list, preferring to refer all such to the entire board. I would
suggest that your present list be revised as soon as possible and
that great care be exercised in adding thereto.
The Ambulance Department
The cost of maintaining the ambulance service last year was
$6,776.85 of which $4,547.16 was for salaries of drivers, $600,
salary of ambulance physician and $1,029.69 for care of horses,
wagons, harnesses and all incidentals. The calls for the year were
as follows : —
Whole number of calls 1,149
Accident cases 322
Sick cases 758
Called and not used 67
Second alarm of fire 2
The cost of this branch of the department was very materially
increased by the addition of two extra drivers last year, making
the total number six. The amount expended is the largest ever
reached in this city and I have my doubts as to whether any other
city ever expended as much for similar service.
City Dispensary and District Physicians
The care and consideration Lowell shows her sick poor,
outside of hospitals, cannot be excelled by any other municipality
in the country. Our city dispensary is a credit to our department
and merits the high place it takes in the public mind. Our district
doctors are called upon to perform a great amount of work in a
year, as an examination of the appended tables will show. During
the year the expenses of the dispensary were $2,240.04 of which
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$1,046.67 was for salary of the dispensary clerk and $1,193.37 for
medicines and supplies. The total number of prescriptions com-
pounded and given out during the year was 9,924. The tabulated
card system introduced two years ago is still in use and 1,146 new
cards were added during the year, The comparatively small
amount expended for medicines and supplies is very gratifying
when you take into consideration the large number of prescriptions
given out.
The only draw back to the city dispensary is the abuse of its
privileges by those who can afford to go elsewhere. It is intended
for, and should be used by the poor only, by those who cannot
afford to get medical advice and medicine elsewhere. The pros-
perous appearance of many who get treatment there leads me to
believe that more rigorous rules should be made for applicants.
A history of each should be taken and a more searching inquiry as
to the means of all should be made.
Another departure I believe would increase the efficiency of
the dispensary service would be in a change in the method of the
attendance of physicians. At present each district doctor is on
service for one hour on the same day in every week throughout the
year. Patients may come to him and be treated, and before the
end of the week go to some other member of the staff. In this
way the doctor cannot follow the case as intelligently as he would
like to and the amount of medicine given away is materially
increased. I would suggest that each physician put in his hour
per day at the dispensary, every day, for two months, after which
his attendance there ceases for the vear. In other words, instead
of being in attendance one day a week throughout the year, each
physician puts in two months in succession. In this way I believe
the welfare of the patients will be enhanced and the cost of the
dispensary will be decreased. A more intelligent comprehension
of the patients will surely result.
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District Physicians
The amount expended on district physicians last year was
$1,549.47, of which $1,200.00 was for the regular salary of the
six — $200 per year, each — and $349.47 for treatment of patients
having settlements in other cities or towns throughout the state.
The last amount will be reimbursed. The total number of cases
treated by the six physicians was 4,066, of which 676 patients
were treated in their homes and 3,390 were treated at the dispens-
ary^ This large number of cases serves to give you an idea of
the importance of this work. It is certainly creditable to last
year's dispensary staff to mention the fact that not a single com-
plaint of inattention to duty was ever made against any of them.
This is as it should be, as those to whom a doctor is called by this
department are dependent on him for treatment. Their financial
condition prevents them from getting medical advice elsewhere,
and the member of the dispensary staff who neglects his calls is
liable to be held accountable for a great wrong. It should be the
effort of the board to get the best physicians obtainable and make
as few changes as possible when the staff is working well. A
physician who knows his patients can render better service than
those who do not. In the event of changes I would like to request
the members of the board to impress upon the minds of those
elected, the importance of the place and the absolute necessity of
strict attention to the duties thereof.
Burials
The total number of burials by this department during the
year 1904 was 116, divided as follows : Adults 53, children 49,
still born children 11, foundlings 3. The total cost including
coffins and services of undertakers was $615.38.
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City and Town Cases
The total cost of supporting Lowell's poor in other places
was $3,779.19. This amount included some old bills which had
come over from preceding years, principally on account of disputes
on questions of settlement.
Children
The total number of children who have been under the care
of the department during the year was 199, of this number 88 were
cared for at the city farm temporarily, 40 in orphan asylums, 50
in private families and the balance was placed in permanent homes
where the cost of their future maintenance will not be borne by
the city. The total cost of maintaining those outside of the alms-
house was $5,790.95. This amount includes $1,180.93 paid the
commonwealth for the board of six children at the Massachusetts
School for Feeble Minded. The amount paid to orphan asylums
was $2,380.65, and the number of children thus cared for was 42,
of which 39 remain fanuarv 1, 1905. •In private families, 40
children were cared for at a cost of $1,775.04 and of this number
29 remain. Eleven children were sent to relatives, four going to
Maine, three to Canada and two to Connecticut.
The amount annually spent for the care ot children could
probably be greatly reduced by doing as some other cities in the
state do, namely, turn over to the state all children who come
under their care. This, to my mind, is not fair or equitable. I
never could believe that the people of this city would favor any
Ftich method in order to escape that cost which should rightfully
be borne by them. Misfortune and crime bring the greater number
of children to us, and to separate all from their kindred is not
only # unjust but is inhuman. In the case of neglected children
some body must bear the burden of their support and when there
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are none of kin to do so, I believe the city to which the children
belong should take up the burden.
Sick Poor in Local Hospitals
The amount paid for the support of the sick in local hospitals
aggregated $2,477.07. Of this amount $2,160.71 was paid to
St. John's Hospital and $316.36 to the Lowell Hospital Associa-
tion. Of the amount paid to St. John's Hospital, $1,315.00 was
for the support of Lowell cases and $845.71 for support of state,
city and town cases. Of the amount paid Corporation Hospital,
$147.43 was for support of Lowell cases and the balance, $168.93,
went for support of state, city and town cases. As reimbuise-
ments are received from state, city and town cases, the total net
cost to the city for caring for 135 city patients during the year was
$1,462.34. This amount is less than has been paid for many
years.
Wood Yard
During the month of February we moved the wood yard from
the farm to the old location at the ambulance yard. We pur-
chased a saw table for $40.00 and have rented an electric motor
for $5.00 per month. We paid the lands, and buildings depart-
ment $186.10 for alterations in the barn to occommodate two more
horses. The cost of wiring the motor was borne by us and
amounted to $28 31. The entire cost of the wood yard, including
$1,311.00 worth of wood and coal from the farm, pay of two men,
$2,639.52 worth of wood and coal from local dealers, and all other
expenses was $5,255.88. There has been no additional help
added or required. The two drivers always required do all of
the work, assisted by able bodied applicants for aid from this
office. This branch of the department is economically run and
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while conducted on the lines it is at present, will never be discon-
tinued. The drivers are paid $12.00 per week, and the job is not
a political sinecure. The advantage of having the fuel supply in
the middle of the city can be readily seen, and the great pity is
that we have not the depot for all the supplies there. The motor
put in last year should be bought, as it is working well and gives
great satisfaction.
Removal of Insane
On January 1, 1904, the law relative to the state care of the
insane went into effect, and the State Board of Insanity started
their work of removing all insane patients from local almshouses
throughout the state. At that time we had 111 insane at the
almshouse, of which 82 were women and 29 men. Lowell was
the first city visited by the State Board, and the work of transfer-
ring began. It was decided in cases of old people, who had been
in our Almshouse for a number of years and whose condition was
such as not to require any treatment other than is customarily given
to Almshoure inmates, that such be allowed to remain with us.
As a result of this decision 20 women and 8 men were left here.
Of the others, 10 were discharged ; three died and the others
were transferred as follows: to Worcester Insane Hospital, 33;
to State Hospital at Tewksbii'v, 31; to Medfield Asylum, 3; to
Danvers Insane Hospital, 3.
I have never been favorably impressed with the new insane
law, and am of opinion that it owes its place on the statute books
more to the prevalence of sentimentality than to the exercise of
common sense. I believe that chronic insane patients are much
better off in their local almshouses than in state asylums. But
little can be done for them in either place, except supplying them
with the necessities for living. When at home, they are among
scenes and people who are familiar, and are cared for by those
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who knew them when they were well. A person committed for
insanity now is under the supervision of those who are strangers
to him and his individuality is lost. There is no connecting link
between were he is and where he came from. His relatives and
friends are put to considerable expense to visit him and, as time
goes on, he becomes more and more apart from his former life
until he is finally one insignificant case among thousands of similar
cases. In my ten years experience with insane patients in state
hospitals and asylums, I have never yet found an insane person
from this city who did not hail with joy the proposition to remove
him, or her, to our Almshouse.
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The Workhouse
For many years, the laws of this state have permitted cities
and towns to maintain workhouses, and on February 26th, 1850,
the City Council passed a resolution to the effect that the alms-
house be deemed and declared to be established as the workhouse
of the City of Lowell. After a few years opposition to this arose
and on the 22nd of November, 1859, the workhouse was voted to
be discontinued. The growing necessities of the times for such
an institution were too great and on the 9th of July, 1872, it was
re-opened. It has been in continuous existence ever since until
last October. It's closing at the present time is due to the pa>sage
of a law by last year's legislature, making it a criminal offence,
punishable with a heavy fine, to keep in the same institution,
workhouse and pauper inmates, without a complete separation of
both. As the facilities in our institution don't admit of this separ-
ation the only course left was to release all who were serving
sentences there at the time the law became operative. As a con-
sequence 44 were discharged on the last day of September.
This law prohibiting any association between prisoner and
pauper sounds well, but, as a matter of fact, as far as our institu-
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tion ts concerned, ir is but a splitting of fine hairs. Fully ninety
per cent of those who went there as prisoners have been there as
paupers and the change of title is the only bar to their going
there at present. Of the 44 prisoners released in September last,
many of them went in to the almshouse immediately. Fully one-
half of the 44 were re-arrested before the following Monday and
were sent to the state farm or jail. Drunkenness was the besetting
sin for which offenders were sent to the workhouse. This is be-
coming to be regarded more of a weakness than a crime and on
this account, there are many who consider the sending to jail of
such offenders too great a penalty.
Much as I would like to do so, I am not ready to say that the
discontinuance of the workhouse was a wise movement. I am
inclined to the opinion that the public needs of the near future will
demand that it be once more established. This could readily be
done by the use of some money. If the necessities for such an
institution are not too pressing this department would be better off
without. The time the law has been in force is too short to form
an intelligent opinion of its workings and all that can be done is
to wait and see if any hardships are imposed by its workings.
In Conclusion
Relative to the proposed legislation to abolish the present
board of Overseer of the Poor and create a board of charities, to
be appointed by the Mayor, I do not consider it my place to ex-
press herein any opinion on the matter. I am a servant of the
board, to do its bidding in all things appertaining to the work of
this department and to flaunt my opinions in a public document in
matters of this kind, strikes me as the personification of impro-
priety. I would not mention the matter at all but for the teeling
I have that the evils of the present system, which are said to— and
do exist, are laid to the members of the Overseers when in
reality they don't belong there. "Too much politics" is said —
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and rightfully said too — to be the bane of the Overseers. There
is not a man on this board, nor any who have been members in
years past, who is not well aware of the truth of this assertion.
We all know the injury to the department the introduction of
politics makes and realize that the welfare, and very existence of
too many people are too closely allied to it to have its workings
buffeted around by the changing wants of successive successful
politicians. But the presence of this evil does not rest with the
overseers but with those to whom the members owe the fact that
they are overseers, namely the voters. Each political party puts
a premium on playing politics in this board by the rule they both
make relative to the eligibility of a citizen to contest for the office.
The democratic party levies an assessment of $25.00 on candidates
while the republican party has just reduced their old figure of
$40 00 to an assessment of $30.00 Why should any assessment
be made to allow a man to become an overseer of the poor? The
duties of the position performed according to the oath each man
takes on assuming the office, are not such as are pleasing to any
man. In point of fact the duties, faithfully performed, are very
liable to be disagreeable ont s. Why should any candidate be
compelled, not only to pay an assessment, but to go out and hustle
among the voters to occupy a position, the duties of which should
be labors of loyalty to the city, love to the unfortunate and sacrifice
to his own personal feelings? A man should receive the praise of
his fellow citizens for serving as an overseer of the poor instead
of being compelled, as he is now, to assume the burden of proof
in his contention that he is an honoiable man.
In conclusion I have to thank the members of the board and
officials and emplo)ees of the department for their uniform kind-
ness towards me, and recommend to your careful perusal the
subjoined tables.
Respectfully submitted,
M. J. COURTNY, Secretary.
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NUMBER OF FAMILIES AIDED IN 1904.
No.
Families
Males
Females
Total
Lowell Cases
573
910
1270
2180
City and Town Cases
67
96
119
215
State Cases
170
315
280
595
Total
810
1321
1669
2990
NUMBER OF HISTORIES OF NEW CASES TAKEN
DURING 1904.
January '. 36
Febauary 35
March , 41 -
April 29
May.. 21
June 29
July 41
August 24
September 36
October 31
November . 35
December 56
Total 414
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AMOUNTS PAID CITIES AND TOWNS
On Account of Lowell's Paupers Residing Therein.
CITIES.
TOWNS.
$110
60
Andover
$' 57 45
Boston
264
45
207 50
Cambridge
3
50
Blackstone
60 00
Chelsea ....
8
74
50
40
Billerica
46 00
Fall River
Chelmsford ... .
331 69
Lawrence
583
70
Clinton
84 26
Haverhill
105
65
22 00
Holyoke
98
05
Sturbridge
81 25
Lynn
152
58
Tewksbury
245 11
Newburyport
240
85
Watertown
80 75
New Bedford
64
55
North Adams. . . .
43
30
Maiden
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Salem
536
54
Somerville
38
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Springfield
27
52
113
96
Woburn
40
26
$2,522 46
$1,216 01
Total Amount Expended, $3,738.47
AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM CITIES AND TOWNS
For Aid Rendered in This City.
CITIES.
$ 75 75
146 60
19 50
Fall River •
27 75
34 00
Holyoke
6 50
Fitchburg
34 25
38 35
126 00
Marlborough
83 00
Newburyport
84 00
8 90
Woburn
40 50
$725 10
TOWNS.
Amesbury $ 87 00
Billerica 31 97
Concord 39 50
Dracut 13 25
Chelmsford 108 75
Boxborough 3 00
Maynard "... . 129 00
Oakdale 1 00
Framingham 26 00
Ipswich 36 75
Palmer 87 75
Amherst 32 00
Hardwick 3 00
Wilbraham 44 00
Stoneham 104 58
Stoughton 15 75
Tewksbury 313 40
Ware 91 75
Webster 1 60
Westford 7 50
Winchester 68 50
West Brookrield.. 13 50
Watertown 28 50
$1,288 05
Total Amount Received, $2,013.15
HOUSE CALLS BY DISTRICT DOCTORS FOR 1904,
One
January 10
February 9
March 14
April 5
May 11
June 9
July •• 11
August . x 14
September 7
October ... 11
November 4
December 11
DIRTRICTS.
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Five
Six
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5
10
10
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10
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9
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14
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21
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11
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6
7
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10
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52
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10
8
9
10
59
Totals .... 116 125 113 70 146 106 676
CASES TREATED AT DISPENSARY BY DISTRICT
PHYSICIANS FOR 1904.
One
January ' 26
February 49
March 45
April 60
Mav 40
June 39
July 52
August 46
September. ... 39
October 70
November 25
December 40
Totals 531
DISTRICTS.
Two Three
Four
Five
Six
Total
33 35
28
35
60
217
30 39
18
37
76
249
53 64
19
54
77
312
31 60
19
44
75
289
67 49
13
28
71
268
42 55
17
25
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254
27 94
21
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89
343
53 78
27
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71 57
18
37
82
304
29 66
18
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93
330
51 69
21
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262
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35
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509 694 254 477 925 3,390
EXPENDITURES OF DEPARTMENT OF OUT-DOOR
RELIEF FOR YEAR 1904.
January .
February
March
April .
May
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Septem
October
November
December
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General
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Sundries
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$5,637
19
2,082
14
2,071
98
3,881
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2,970
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2,553
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3,678
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3,782
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2,570
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2,695
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736
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9,185
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Office
Hills.
$137 09
48 32
94 33
82 45
46 48
30 35
98 77
70 64
8 35
133 35
34 00
41 73
$825 86
Salaries and
Pay Rolls.
$657 19
711 80
837 80
1,009 75
837
837
1,009
837 80
837 80
1,009 75
837 80
1,009 79
Total.
80
80
75
$10,434 83
$6,431 47
2,842 26
3,004
4,973
3.854
3,421
4,786
4,691
3,416
3,838
1.608
10,236
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94
68
84
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AMOUNT PAID FOR LOWELL'S SICK POOR IN LOCAL
HOSPITALS FOR YEAR 1904.
St. John's Hospital.
Lowell Hospital Associ'n
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City Cases.
$ 87 25
127 25
77 25
101 00
96 75
147 00
124 25
121 75
130 00
95 75
81 00
125 75
State, City
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City Cases
State, City
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Total.
January . . . .
February . .
March
April
May
Julv
August
September. .
October ....
November . .
December . .
$100 55
124 41
116 57
42 57
35 71
32 14
54 89
27 86
20 72
46 00
104 43
139 86
$845 71
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28 50
24 50
45 93
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21 86
44 00
103 07
$187 80
261 66
193 82
143 57
170 96
229 50
247 64
149 61
150 72
141 75
185 43
414 61
Totals. . .
$1,315 00
$168 93
$2,477 07
MONTHLY RECEIPTS OF DFPARTMENT
DOOR RELIEF FOR 1904.
OF OUT-
January . .
February .
March . . .
April .
Mav
June
J"iy
August. . .
September
October
November
December
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Credited to
Appropriation.
6 75
12 25
12 50
11 50
8 25
2 50
75
25
6 92
68 53
$136 20
Credited to
.eneral Treasury
Fund.
: 737 10
178 73
1,321 28
328 80
322 57
93 25
422 10
858 60
115 25
39 50
47 60
428 96
$4,893 74
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185 48
1,333 53
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424 60
858 60
118 00
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54 52
497 49
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OUT-DOOR RELIEF.
CREDITS.
Appropriation . $43,585 00
Additional Appropriation 9,385 81
Receipts to Credit of Appropriation. . 136 20
Total Credits $53,107 01
DEBITS.
Gross Expenditures $53,107 01
Receipts credited to General Treasury
Fund 4,893 74
Net Cost of Out-Door Relief Dept $48,213 27
CITY HOSPITAL AND ALMSHOUSE.
CREDITS.
Appropriation $50,817 89
Additional Aypropriation 10,746 78
Receipts to Credit of Appropriation . 10,056 36
Total Credits ■ • • • $71,621 03
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DEBITS.
Gross Expenditures. . $71,621 03 $71,621 03
Amount Paid for Out-Door Relief.. . . 9,947 00
Receipts Credited to General Treasury
Fund 976 20
$10,923 20
Net Cost of Hospital and Almshouse $ 60,697 83
Net Cost of Entire Pauper Department 108,911 10
Respectfully submitted,
MARTIN J. COURTNEY,
Secretary.
37
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Lowell City Hospital and Almshouse
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31
19 4
Superintendent's Report*
Lowell, Mass., Dec. 31, 1904,
To the Overseers of the Poor:
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to present to you the follow-
ing report :
The beginning of the year found us with the old order which
included a workhouse and an infirmary for the insane and
demented.
Since that time the reprehensible practice of committing
prisoners to an institution designed solely for the sick and needy
has ceased and a large number of the committed insane hare been
removed. We still retain, however, many insane patients who
have been committed but who are considered what are termed
u almshouse cases" and a still larger number in various stages of
dementia who have not been committed for various reasons, prin-
cipally due to extreme age. Hence the total number of patients
in the infirmaries, male and female combined, is now ninety-one
as compared with a population one hundred and eleven, twelve
months ago.
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Furtermore, the total population in all departments combined
is today four hundred and one as compared with four hundred
and twelve a year since, an actual decrease of only eleven with
every promise of a marked increase, due mainly to the unlicensed
abuse of this- institution by that class who, due to their " pull,"
use it as a refuge when threatened with death or arrest following
the excessive use of alcohol.
During the year the total number of admissions to the alms-
house alone amounted to seven hundred and sixty-five and of this
number one hundred eighty-two were pure alcoholics and at
admission presented all the phases from acute delirium to the
coma preceding death.
I will admit that some of these admissions were justifiable and
worthy of the treatment accorded them, but in a large number of
the cases this was not true.
The glaring abuse, however, lies in the fact that the worst of
the class of recurrent alcoholics, after treatment which is neces-
sarily expensive, demand their release as soon as recovered rather
than do any work in payment and failing to get it readily, take
41 French leave." One man stated that he was told to do this by
a member of your board. The result is not far to seek and I
presume the animus is obvious.
It must be patent to you as it is to me that the true idea of a
system of charities as an arrangement which should secure con-
fortable asylums and appropriate provisions for the poor in sickness
and old age only, is far from being realized here at present, for
without the co-operation of your board, it is virtually impossible
to dissociate the worthy from the unworthy owing partially to the
woful lack of discrimination with respect to admissions.
We have here the spectacle of unworthy individuals whose
distress is caused immediately by their own vice and wilful folly,
42
who should belong solely to the province of the law, demandin
the indulgences that belong only to the respectable and sick poor
and resenting anything savoring of discipline.
During the year the enormous number of two thousand nine
hundred and four tramps have been housed and have been required
to perform three hours labor. In the main this has been complied
with cheerfully and willingly. The records of their previous
stopping places would indicate that the majority came from
Boston.
There has been little improvement in the quarters allotted to
them and as yet no money has been appropriated wherewith to
furnish much needed sanitary facilities. It is true they belong
to the department of police, but if we are to continue to be com-
pelled to harbor them, we ought to be spared, and try to spare
other places, danger of infection from what might be termed
itinerant disease mongers.
The nursery needs enlarging and the need is imperative.
The constantly crowded condition makes isolation difficult, if not
impossible, and leaves us constantly menaced by epidemics. The
highest number in the nursery on any one day was twenty-five and
the lowest eight.
In the lying-in ward there were sixteen births, of which sixty-
two per cent were illegitimate.
It would be well if these births could be officially registered
from some other address than the almhouse, in order to remove the
disability from which children born in almshouses may suffer in
after life.
Of the legitimate diseases treated, Tuberculosis again furnished
the largest number, the combined hospitals, male and female
having registered twenty-eight cases.
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The total number of deaths from all causes was one hundred,
of which one only was due to alcoholism.
The daily average in the two hospitals was eighty-two.
More than twenty-two hundred prescriptions were made up
in the dispensary and since the month of April it has been required
that the pharmacist be registered in accordance with the suggestion
of the State Board of Charity.
The output from the carpenter, tin and blacksmith shops has
been about as usual. The farm shows a fair increase.
Some of the most urgent improvements were made by the
Public Buildings department, out of a small fund allowed to it for
that purpose, so that only minor repairs had to be paid out of the
appropriation allowed to us for maintenance.
I am again giving a list of necessary repairs and improve-
ments to the above department and we can only hope that our
wishes will sometime be honored, and lest it be forgotten I would
again call to ^our attention the suggestion that the vacant lot at
the north end of the sand bank, with large frontage on Chelmsford
street, could be disposed of and the proceeds used to advantage in
bettering the physical condition of our buildings.
In conclusion I beg your assistance in the line of progress.
Respectfully,
CHARLES E. DONLAN.
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16 345 3 2 9 337 3C9 28s 300 307 327 ^^ 346 366 380
17 ••••••• •• 344 3 2 9 337 3°9 28 5 2 9 8 308 330 335 347 363 380
18 343 333 337 3 f2 287 300 308 332 335 350 364 378
19 343 335 340 308 285 304 306 333 334 351 364 378
20 344 338 339 3ii 2 85 3°4 3°9 333 33° 35i 363 378
21 35° 33 6 339 3°4 284 304 310 333 330 347 363 386
22......... . 353 336.337 304 286 304 308 333 33O .350 367 386
2 3 355 336 334 3°3 28 5 308 315 329 329 350 368 385
24 354 337 33 2 3°4 284 3°9 3'4 3 2 8 325 348 369 380
2 5 354 342 333 2 97 285 314 312 329 325 350 370 383
26 353 344 333 297 2S5 314 312 328 322 357 3 6 9 383
27 35 2 343 335 2 9 6 28 5 3'4 3'° 3 2 8 3 2 4 3 6t 367 3 8 3
28 352 343 333 297 286 312 310 328 324 361 367 380
29 327 343 333 3° 2 285 308 316 326 327 360 369 385
30 3 28 ••• 333 3°° 286 309 316 327 327 360 369 389
31 328 ••• 330 ... 284 ... 323 327 ... 362 ... 399
Avg • 356 333 337 313 288 298 308 329 329 345 366 380
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1904.
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11 31 33
12 28 33
13 28.-33
14 28 33
15 28 32
16 v 27 32
17 2 7 32
18 27 34
19 29 34
20 29 34
31 •■" 28 34
22 29 34
23 29 32
24 29 33
25 2 9 3 2
26 28 32
27 •• 28 34
28 28 34
29 28 34
30 28
31 28 ..
Avg 30 32
33
39
38
64
56
88
64
36
39
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56
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65
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55
76
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54
73
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59
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65
77
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59
65
77
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33
43
59
59
73
56
34
35
43
50
59
86
56
35
35
42
49
60
89
53
37
35
43
47
60
88
53
39
34
46
47
66
88
53
40
33
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47
71
88
53
40
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48
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52
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69
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61
56
93
69
49
39
38
62
56
92
69
47
39
36
62
57
93
65
47
39
61
93
65
36 35 45 56 69 79 55
DAILY POPULATION OF HOSPITAL, ALMSHOUSE
AND WORKHOUSE FOR 1904.
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4 409 357 374 364 33i 35i 355 402 392 330 368 377
5 4ii 353 372 363 334 346 356 401 394 330 368 377
6 4" 355 373 3^3 33* 35° 356 404 385 332 368 371
7 /09 354 375 363 331 350 356 406 386 331 368 371
8 407 357 378 355 328 348 356 405 389 332 366 380
9 406 359 373 352 33i 348 357 405 39 1 335 3 6 ° 3 8 i
10 407 360 372 356 332 352 362 407 392 343 363 387
11 405 3 6 3 369 354 335 35* 361 407 39 2 343 3 6 3 3 g 2
12 375 368 370 353 332 35o 364 406 392 348 363 380
13 374 3 66 372 352 337 35° 37' 406 388 344 363 380
14 373 3 66 372 351 336 35 2 374 404 3 8 5 34^ 365 3 8 °
15 373 3 6 7 37i 353 328 352 367 402 387 344 363 379
16 372 3 6r 37i 344 328 354 366 413 389 346 3 6 6 3 8 °
17 37i 3 61 372 344 327 35° 368 419 388 347 363 380
18 37o 3 6 7 374 347 33° 347 36S 420 388 350 364 378
19 372 3 6 9 379 342 33' 347 372 421 387 351 364 378
20 373 372 379 344 33' 35' 3 8 ° 421 3 8 3 35' 363 378
21... • 37 8 37o 379 339 3 28 35' 3 8 7 422 382 347 363 386
22.... 382 370 374 339 330 352 389 420 382 350 367 386
23 3 8 4 3 68 372 336 329 35 2 401 4'6 3 8 ' 35° 3 68 3 8 5
24 383 3/o 37' 338 332 35 8 39 8 408 377 348 369 380
25 383 374 372 332 334 359 396 408 377 35° 37© 383
26 381 376 372 333 334 364 406 406 371 357 3 6 9 383
27 380 377 374 33 2 334 368 404 397 373 3 6 ' 367 3 8 3
28 380 377 372 334 347 368 403 397 373 36i 367 380
29 355 377 372 340 347 3 68 40 8 395 374 3 6 ° 3 6 9 3 8 5
30 355 • • • 372 336 34 8 364 409 39 2 374 360 369 389
31 35 6 •• 3 6 9 ••• 345 3 6 6 416 392 ••• 362 ... 399
Avg 3 86 365 373 34 8 333 354 377 408 384 345 366 380
January .
February
March .
April . . .
May
June. . . .
July ....
August. .
September
October
November
December
BIRTHS,
1904.
Male
Female
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Totai
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1.
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
1
1
1
Totals
10
10
16
DEATHS, 1904.
January. .
February. .
March. . .
April
May
June „ . . . .
July
August . . .
September
October. . .
November.
December.
Totals
Male
2
Female
5
Total
7
4
1
5
4
3
7
4
5
9
5
6
11
6
2
8
5
4
9
4
6
10
7
1
8
3
1
4
4
7
11
5
6
11
53
47
100
FARM PRODUCTS FOR YEAR 1904.
Apples, No. 1 40 Barrels
Apples, No. 2 25 Barrels
Apples, Cider 85 Barrels
Beans, String 32 Bushels
Beef 1290 lbs.
Beets 82 Bushels
Cabbage 43,200 lbs.
Celery 380 Bunches
Cider, Made 834 Gal.
Corn, Sweet 144 Bushels
Cucumbers 140 Bushels
Carrots 95 Bushels
Eggs 773 Dozen
Grapes '. 15 Bushels
Green Fodder Oats 3880 lbs.
Green Fodder Barley 4200 lbs.
Hay. 86 Tons
Lettuce 80 Dozen
Milk 14,409 Gal.
Onions 182 Bushels
Parsnips 81 Bushels
Peaches 2 Bushels
Pears 42 Bushels
Peas, Green 40 Bushels
Plumbs - 8 Bushels
Pork, Dressed 4163 lbs.
Potatoes 720 Bushels
Poultry, Dressed 336 lbs.
Radishes 340 Bunches
Squash 32,400 lbs.
Tomatoes 138 Bushels
Turnips, Rutabagas 242 Bushels
50
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Month
January . . .
February . .
March ....
April
May
June
July
August. . .
September.
October . .
November.
December .
Totals.
Sal. and Labor Sundries
1,314
1,232
1,073
1,432
1.105
1,173
1,449
1,198
1,189
1,438
1,198
1,514
74
14
13
78
57
39
23
14
13
08
14
01
$2,177 85
2,447 36
3,784 93
3,311 45
874 16
1,658 24
979 56
1,085 49
1,220 22
3,945 43
809 80
1,380 68
$15,318 48 $23,675 17 $32,627 38
G. G. & P.
$3,981 90
3,669 80
3,756
1,683
2,528
1,933
1,349
2,284
3,172
£554
1,212
5,499
39
03
84
28
61
78
88
71
48
68
Totals
;7,474 49
7,349 30
8,614 45
6,427 26
4,508 57
4,764
3,778
4,568
5,582
6,938
3,220
91
40
41
23
22
42
8,394 37
$71,621 03
Total expenditure $71,621 03
Per Capita Cost per week 3 01
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BIRTHS. MARRIAGES. AND DEATHS
IN THE
City of Lowel],
FOR THE YEAR 1904.
LOWELL, MASS.,
PRESS OF C. E. ROBINSON
1905
CITY OF LOWELL.
In Board of Aldermen,
April 4, 1905.
Received, read, ordered on file; sent down for
concurrence.
GIRARD P. DADMAN, City Clerk.
In Common Council,
April 4, 1905.
Received, read and ordered on file in concur-
rence.
FRANK M. DOWLING, Clerk.
CITY OF LOWELL.
City Clerk's Office, I
April 4, 1905. (
To the Honorable City Council:
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to present yon
herein the annual report of Births, Marriages and
Deaths for the year 1904, as of record in this office,
to wit:
BIRTHS.
Ward
WARDS— One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine not Total
given
Whole Number 171 257 232 .304 247 337 568 191 192 16 2515
Males 70 136 114 146 123 181 310 103 105 9 1303
Females 95 121 118 158 124 156 258 88 87 7 1212
American Parents.... 27 29 65 63 40 60 68 69 53 2 476
Foreign Parents 106 190 102 193 166 195 395 60 90 4 1501
American Father,
Foreign Mother-... 17 21 27 22 22 36 43 34 24 246
Foreign Father,
American Mother-. 19 14 37 25 15 45 60 26 25 1 267
Parents' Nationality
Unknown 2 3 114 12 2 9 25
Twins 2 1 6 4 2 4 4 4 1 1 ' 29
Increase over 1903, 1.
Still Births not included in above, 143,
4 ANNUAL REPORT
MARRIAGES.
The number of intentions of marriage issued in
1904 was 1056, 45 more than in 1903.
The number of marriages recorded was 1065,
being 39 more than in 1903.
The number of marriages solemnized in Lowell
was 990 ; solemnized elsewhere, 75.
NUMBER OF MARRIAGES IN EACH MONTH IN 1904.
January 71 May 91 September 89
February 70 June 175 October .119
March 21 July 82 November 109
April 105 August • 75 December 58
NATIONALITY OF CONTRACTING PARTIES.
GROOMS. BRIDES.
United States 450 453
Canada }96 192
Ireland 110 132
England .... * 67 45
British Provinces 44 57
Scotland 13 9
Russia and Poland 26 20
Greece 39 38
Portugal and Western Islands 31 33 t
Austria 60 64
Norway and Sweden 9 8
Other Countries 20 14
GROOM. BRIDE.
Oldest Couple Married 68 58
Youngest Couple Married 18 16
Oldest person, 74. Youngest person, 15.
Grooms under 21 years, 56. Brides under 18 years, 20.
ANNUAL REPORT. 5
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths returned and recorded
in the City Clerk's Office for the year 1904 was 1779 ;
of these 43 were residents of Lowell who died else-
where, making the number of deaths returned and
recorded as having occurred in Lowell, exclusive of
still births, 173(5, a decrease from 1903 of 161,
Males 8G0
Females 876
Persons between 80 and 90 years GO
Persons over 90 years M 13
Still births (not included in above) 143
Statistics in greater detail relating to deaths may
be found in the annual report of the Board of Health.
Respectfully submitted,
GIRARD P. DADMAN,
City Clerk.
TWENTY -SEVENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
OF THE
CITY OF LOWELL
FOR THE YEAR 1904
LOWELL, MASS.:
The Lawlhk Printing Company.
1905.
ORGANIZATION, 1904.
BOARD OF HEALTH,
WILLIAM B. JACKSON, M. D., Chairman.
LEONARD HUNTRESS, M. D.
WILLIAM C. DOHERTY.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICERS,
H. H. KNAPP, Agent and Secretary of Board.
THOMAS B. SMITH, M. D., Bacteriologist.
WILLIAM A. JOHNSON, M. D., Physician.
STEPHEN GARRITY, Plumbing Inspector.
WILLIAM H. CONNORS, Plumbing Inspector.
FRED A. BATES, Inspector Contagious Diseases.
FRANCIS J. O'HARE, General Inspector.
JOHN M. FARRELL, Inspector Meat and Provisions.
KATHARINE W. SNOW, Registrar.
CITY OF LOWELL.
In Board of Aldermen, January 24, 1905.
Received, read and ordered on file in concurrence.
GIRARD P. DADMAN, City Clerk.
In Common Council, February 21, 1905.
Received, read and ordered on file; sent down for concurrence.
FRANK M. DOWLING, Clerk.
REPORT
Lowell, Mass., January, 1905.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the
City of Lowell:
The Board of Health respectfully submits its twenty-sev-
enth annual report of its acts and decisions for the year 1904.
together with a statement of the receipts and expenditures of
the department for the same period.
The Board of Aldermen having failed to confirm two ap-
pointees before the first Monday in February, for the places
held by Mr. J. H. McGuinnesS and Dr. Guy Holbrook, whose
three-year terms had expired respectively in February, 1903,
and February, 1904, these two members continued as hold-
overs, and on Feb. 23, the Board organized for the ensuing
year, Dr. Holbrook being elected Chairman, and Dr. Jackson,
Secretary. This organization continued until April, when the
Board of Aldermen having approved the Mayor's appointment
of Mr. William C. Doherty for the expired term filled for a
year by Mr. McGuinness, the former took his seat as a mem-
ber of the board, and a new organization was effected, Dr.
Holbrook resigning as Chairman and Dr. Jackson as Secre-
tary, and Dr. W. B. Jackson was elected Chairman, and Agent
Knapp, Secretary. At the second meeting in April, Dr. Leon-
ard Huntress took the seat of Dr. Holbrook, and since that
time the Board has consisted of Dr. W. B. Jackson, Mr. Wil-
liam C. Doherty, and Dr. Leonard Huntress. As thus consti-
b ANNUAL REPORT
tuted, there has been perfect unanimity of action on every
matter coming before us for consideration.
The last act of the Board in 1903 was to adopt for the en-
suing year the Bertillon or International System of Nomen-
clature of Diseases and Causes of Death. This, for a few
months, greatly increased the labor of our Chief Medical In-
spector, it becoming his duty to interview certain physicians
and get them to change such indefinite terms as "debility,"
"heart failure," "inanition," "infantile," "marasmus," and
"shock" as causes of death. We are glad to be able to state
that the work has not been in vain, most of the mortuary cer-
tificates now being filled out in a perfectly satisfactory manner.
The regulation of the water supply in barber shops was
another legacy which came down to us from last year, that
Board having adopted certain rules for the sanitary improve-
ment of barber shops, all of which rules were reasonable, and
also easily carried out, except one, whereby it was required
that "every barber shop shall be provided with running hoi
and cold water." This one necessitating the expenditure of
from twenty to fifty dollars for plumbing, many of the barbers
sought in different ways to evade. In order that the meaning
of the regulation should admit of no question, the Board, in
May, passed an amendment to the regulation to the effect that
"said hot water shall be furnished through a pressure boiler."
At the moment of writing, practically all the shops have com-
plied with the requirements.
The City Solicitor, early in the year, gave an opinion that
the Board could not,without the Mayor's signature, give a con-
tract to Mr. Francis Gallagher to dispose of the paper waste
for a period of ten years at one hundred twenty-five dollars
($125.00) a year, because the total amount involved was in ex-
cess of three hundred dollars ($300.00). An effort was made
by one member of the Board to open the matter by again
advertising for bids to dispose of the paper waste, but this was
voted down, and it was ordered that the contract be given to
Mr. Gallagher for one year, he to pay the city one hundred
twenty-five dollars ($125.00). The man who for several years
BOARD OF HEALTH 7
had bad the contract, obtained a junk dealer's license, made
some private contract with the principal firms having waste
paper to dispose of and collected the paper himself, greatly
curtailing the supply which Mr. Gallagher expected to receive.
Mr. Gallagher had been warned when he took the contract
that such an event might occur, but he wanted to take the
obligation, notwithstanding the risk. He soon appeared, how-
ever, before the Board, complaining that he was getting but a
small part of the paper for which he had bargained. The
Board, however, had no power to stop business firms from
making a private disposition of their paper, nor to take away
the junk dealer's license.
Mr. Gallagher again appeared and asked for a rebate in
the amount which he had agreed to pay the city, but this the
Board declined to do. Mr. Gallagher has not paid the City
for the last two quarters, this amounting to $62.50. His con-
tract expires Jan. 12, 1905. If we cannot collect the amount
due without recourse to law, the City will at least have re-
ceived $12.50 more than in the preceding year.
The nuisance which for years had given the Board the
most trouble, and that which it was the most difficult to
abate, was the so-called "Gas Nuisance." Hundreds of com-
plaints had been sent to the office and to individual members
of the Board. Numerous hearings were held at which com-
plainants, representatives of the Gas Light Company, and the
City Engineer were present. The Gas Light Company pro-
cessed a willingness to do anything in its power to stop the
trouble. At a hearing held in January, a representative of
the Gas Company claimed that the trouble was not due to
the filtrate discharged into the sewer at the Gas Works, but
that the bad odor arose from steam discharged into the
sewer, contrary to law, by manufacturing and other concerns
on Western Avenue. On cross-examination, however, this
representative was unable to explain why there should be an
odor of gas in the sewer at the corner of Broadway and
8 ANNUAL REPORT
School Streets, or how steam could produce an odor of gas
if there was no gas residue present in the sewer.
The Board investigated the claim in regard to the dis-
charge of steam into the sewer, inspecting along the line of
the main sewer or its tributaries every manufacturing or
other concern using steam. We found that a large amount of
hot water was emptied into the sewer by the laundries along
Western Avenue, but that no steam under pressure was
turned into the sewer, contrary to law. The Board made
many personal inspections of houses where the bad odor was
manifest; we followed up the line of the sewer, observing
the odor at the man-holes and traced this same odor to the
Gas Light Company's plant, and were satisfied that the cause
of the nuisance was a tarry filtrate discharged into the sewer
at the Gas W^orks.
This tarry matter is a waste product of no commercial
value, being the residue remaining in the water after the car-
buretting of water gas. The amount of this tarry water is
from one to two thousand gallons daily and the disposal of
this odorous material has been for years 'a serious and perplex-
ing problem for the Gas Company and the Board of Health.
Till within about two years ago, they carted
most of it to the river, and discharged some
of it into the sewer, but the people along
the course of the sewer made so many complaints of the odor
that the Gas Company found they must make some other dis-
position of the offending material. To this end, they built a
filtration plant and endeavored to free the water from the
tarry matter by precipitating the latter with lime-water, subse-
quently passing the water through successive beds of coke, the
latter being changed occasionally as it became charked with
tar, and finally the water was discharged into the sewer.
This water was nearly clear, and when cold, it had only a
slight odor of tar.
Such, in brief, were the conditions of the Gas Works up to
the spring of 1904. It was found, however, that there was no
abatement of the "Gas Nuisance"; in fact, it was even worse
BOARD OF HEALTH 9
than ever during the winter of 1903-4. Complaints were so
numerous and persistent that we felt that the nuisance
must be stopped though it involved the city in an expensive
suit at law with a rich corporation. We engaged the services
of L. A. Olney, Professor of Chemistry at the Lowell Textile
School, to make further investigations and to give expert tes-
timony in court, if necessary. With him, for about two
months, we studied the problem, even going to the extent of
donning oil suits and rubber boots and personally inspecting
the bottom of the sewer at nearly every man-hole along its
course. We found that the tar-water nitrate from the Gas
Works, as it was discharged into the sewer in Western
Avenue, was slightly warm and gave off a decided tarry odor.
We also found that the bottom of the sewer at the man-holes
in this avenue was covered several inches deep with a mix-
ture of sand and tar, smelling very strongly of the latter, and
of course, giving off its volatile principles to the water pass-
ing over it. Opposite the Plush Works and at the laundries
on Western Avenue, considerable hot water came into the
sewer, having the effect of increasing the tarry odor. The
Rock Street sewer empties into the main line near Richard-
son's Grocery Store in Liberty Square, and the level of the
larger sewer being several feet lower than that of the smaller,
the water from the latter makes quite a cascade, very effectu-
ally stiring up the contents of the main line, and giving rise to
a cloud of odorous steam, some of which escapes through the
man-hole, assaulting the olfactories of all to the leeward of
the spot. It may be said in passing that at this locality the
odor of gas had always been more pronounced than at any
other point on the line. Down Suffolk Street, where the
Cross Street sewer enters, the conditions are very nearly the
same, the cascade not being quite as high. But here it would
seem that the tarry vapor, perhaps on account of the direc-
tion of the wind, at times travels up the Cross Street sewer
and escapes, probably through weak points in the plumbing,
into the cellar of the Parochial School and into the cellar of
Mrs. Lyons, at No. 25 Cross Street, two places where the nuis-
10 ANNUAL REPORT
ance has been complained of very often. As this main sewer
crosses under the Northern Canal at Ford Street, it makes a
drop of eight feet from the middle of the street to a point be-
low the edge of the canal, and also diminishes very markedly
in size under the canal, the sewer before it makes the drop in
level being oval in section, 38 inches by 52 inches, while under
the canal its section is circular and 36 inches in diameter.
Where the water is high, as it would be during or after a
storm this drop in level and great decrease in size must act as
a trap for the air or vapor back of this point, causing the
vapor to escape through the man-holes or be driven by the
wind up the tributary sewers, and, as at Cross Street, work-
ing out through some of the cellars — a notable example being
the premises of Miss Marietta Wheeler, 722 Merrimack Street,
not to mention a dozen others.
As a result of our investigations, we felt able to prove
that the so-called "Gas Nuisance" was due to the volatile tar-
water discharged into the sewer at the Lowell Gas Works,
this water not having been sufficiently deprived of the odor-
ous or volatile principles of the tar, so that it could, without
offence to anyone, be carried through the public sewer. We
prepared an ultimatum to present to the Gas Company, but
before delivering it, we found that the trouble was no longer
in evidence.
Upon further investigation, we found that the Gas Com-
pany had greatly increased their capacity for making coal gas
and, at the same time, diminished their output of water gas.
In this way, the amount of tar-water was not in excess of
the capacity of their filter beds. During the summer, they
have been building new and larger filter beds, which are not
yet in operation.
These changes, it seemed to us, would be likely to remedy
the trouble, and we were very glad to let the matter rest,
hoping that at last a nuisance had been abated which, for
years, was a source of irritation to all concerned.
Early in April, Mr. W. C. Doherty was elected to repre-
sent the Board on the Plumbing Commission, and Mr. D. J.
BOARD OF HEALTH 11
Pendergast was re-elected as the practical plumber of that
commission, to serve one year from June 1st, 1904.
For failure to comply with the requirements of the Stat-
utes of the Commonwealth and the Regulations of the Board
of Health in regard to the burial of the body of a person dying
with a contagious disease, the undertaker's license of John J.
O'Connell & Co. was revoked for one month, from Sept. 1 to
Oct. 1, 1904. The particular offence was that Messrs. O'Con-
nell & Co. allowed a public funeral and permitted four young
boys to act as bearers in a case where the deceased died with
diphtheria.
For allowing the father, who himself had diphtheria, to
go in a public carriage to the cemetery for the burial of his
child, who had died with diphtheria, the undertaker's license
of Horace Ela was revoked 15 days, from Dec. 7 to Dec. 22,
1904. These penalties were exacted for disciplinary purposes,
the Board feeling that the undertakers were becoming too
careless concerning their responsibilities in preventing the
spread of contagious diseases.
It seems unlikely that contagious diseases will ever be
entirely eradicated, for coincidently with advance made by
medical science in discovering the cause and applying means
for the more certain cure of these zymotic affections, the
great body of the public loses its fear of these diseases, be-
cause, thanks to the efforts of Physicians and Health Boards,
so few really die, and, not being all the time under the eye of
an inspector, they allow the ill to mingle with the well. It is
a matter of common report that, in many of the congested
districts of our city, a placard on the door, announcing the
presence within of one ill with a contagious disease, does not
prevent this patient from going out and mingling with his
fellows on the street. To further warn the public, we have
amended our Rules, and have caused to be printed on the
placards the notice that no one ill with any of these diseases
will be allowed to go out of the house until permission has
been obtained from the Board of Health. No doubt, it will
12 ANNUAL REPORT.
be necessary to exact in the Police Court the penalty for the
infraction of this regulation.
STABLES
We have received this year nine applications for licenses
to erect stables, five of which have been granted, and in four
cases the petitioners have been giveu leave to withdraw.
We realize that the horseless age has not yet arrived and
that for horses stables must be built and we have granted
permission for their erection in all cases except in residential
sections too thickly settled, and where the proposed stable
would be a positive nuisance to the neighborhood.
In the Archambault cause, the "cause celebre" we were
asked to grant a license for a stable to accommodate four
horses, in a building, the upper part of which consisted of
nine tenements, the stable thus being directly underneath said
tenements. This proposition, of course, we could not for a
moment consider.
Every application for a stable license which we have
received has been advertised in the newspapers and whenever
any objection has appeared, a hearing has been granted.
And in all cases, both with and without hearings, the Board
has personally visited the premises before acting on the peti-
tions. In every case, restrictions as to drainage, frequency of
removal of manure, and other hygienic precautions have been
made a condition of the granting of the license.
BOARD OF HEALTH 13
INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS.
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 9, 1905.
To the Board of Health, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen: — I take pleasure in rendering you a report as
Inspector of Provisions for the eleven months that I have
served.
I have made a thorough inspection of all the wholesale
and retail meat and fish markets, as well as the wholesale
produce dealers where perishable goods used as food are kept
for sale. In the time mentioned, I have made one thousand,
three hundred and twenty (1.320) visits, making thirty (30)
visits to a section and taking one section each week.
During my first visits, I found conditions such that I had
to give strict warning to some of the dealers to keep their
stores clean and to handle their meats in such a way that they
could be kept clean and fit for food. In a few cases, I found
it necessary to destroy parts of veal, bad meats, fowl, etc.
I made no prosecutions, as I found by constant visits,
that, as a whole, there had been a vast improvement, not only
in meats, but also in the way in which they were handled.
I have paid strict attention to the condition in which re-
frigerators are kept, and can say that this one thing alone has
a great deal to do with keeping the meats in a wholesome
condition and free from pathogenic germs.
I would like to say a word about the poultry that is be-
ing sold in our city every day. A lady bought a 12 1-2 lb.
turkey at 23 cents a pound, with the head on and undrawn,
and I dressed it for her. The head and drawings weighed
just two lbs., leaving but 10 1-2 lbs. That lady paid over
27 cents a pound for her turkey; so a person who buys
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dressed and drawn poultry is getting it cheaper at 25 cents
a pound than undressed at three to five cents less a pound.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN M. FARRELL,
Inspector Meat and Provisions.
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 2, 1905.
H. H. Knapp, Agent Board of Health:
Sir: — The following is a report of the work done by me
for the year ending Dec. 31, 1904:
Number of applications for permits to do plumbing:
New T buildings 167
Old buildings 294
Total 461
Number of visits new buildings 315
Number of visits old buildings 480
Total 795
Respectfully,
STEPHEN GARRITY,
Plumbing Inspector.
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Lowell, Mass., Dec. 31, 1904.
The following is a report of the work done by the
Plumbing Commission from Dec. 31, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904:
Whole number of applicants for examination 34
For Master Plumbers' licenses 15
For Master Plumbers' licenses, passed 8
For Master Plumbers' licenses, failed 7
For Journeymen Plumbers' licenses 19
For Journeymen Plumbers' licenses, passed 9
For Journeymen Plumbers' licenses, failed 10
'■}
Master Plumbers' licenses granted to Wm. J. Dunn, Joseph
Harvey, Edward Murphy, Fred E. Whitney, Chas. E.
Bourrett, Patrick F. Welch, John Kelley, Thomas F.
Sheehan.
>
Journeymen Plumbers' licenses granted to Irving Wright,
J. B. Halloran, P. Curran, J. Fahey, James Doherty, M.
Carroll, James Bowers, J. Lennox, Fred Thissell.
DENNIS J. PENDEBGAST
Secretary.
BOARD OF HEALTH IN ACCOUNT WITH PLUMBING
COMMISSION.
Forwarded from 1903 f 5 14
Received from examinations and renewals. 62 50
$67 64
1904. Cr.
April 9. Paid D. J. Pendergast $15 00
Sept. 26. Paid D. J. Pendergast 10 00
N o v. 29. Paid D. J. Pendergast 15 00
$40 00
Dec. 30, 1904, cash on hand $27 64
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COMPILATION OF INSPECTORS' RETURNS.
Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1904.
Tenements 3883
Stores 312
Sinks 4034
Water closets 4957
Rath tubs 87
Basins 116
Set tubs 37
Cellars 1185
Urinals 39
Refrigerators 32
Vaults 174
Barns 115
House drains . 825
Ash chutes 39
School houses 10
Engine houses . . 13
Bakeries 82
Barber shops 120
Steam power and heating plants 48
Dry wells 29
Hen houses id
Complaints 289
Notices to abate the following nuisances were sent from
this office during the year 1904:
Untrapped sinks 11
Unsealed sink traps 4
No water supply to sinks 15
Improperly trapped sinks 4
Clogged sink wastes 18
Defective and leaky sink traps 12
Filthy and dilapidated woodwork around sink 4
Leaky sink wastes 8
No cover for sink trap 2
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17
No water supply to water closet 54
Filthy and dilapidated woodwork around
water closet 7
Clogged water closet 72
Broken water closet bowls 13
Leaky hopper cocks to water closet 7
Leaky water closets 17
Filthy water closet apartments 15
No cover for water closet trap 4
Insufficient water supply to water closet 8
Untrapped water closets 1
Unsealed water closet trap 1
Cracked and leaky sinks 4
Old mattresses in cellar 3
Rubbish in cellar 38
Water in cellar 4
Swill, ashes and rubbish in yard 124
Manure in yard 2
Rubbish in yard 2
Open joints in soil, waste and ventilation pipes 15
Improperly constructed soil and waste pipes . . 3
Defective cover to house trap 1
Broken and leaky wash bowls 2
Leaky roofs 7
Filthy tenements 5
Overflowing dry wells 4
Clogged drains 17
Open drains 4
Uncovered dry well 1
Uncovered vault 1
Dilapidated privy seats 2
To connect with street sewer 5
To furnish water closet facilities 2
Burst and leaky water pipes 16
Clean ash pits 1
Discontinue stable 1
Whitewash ceilings and walls 1
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Build dry well 1
Furnish receptacles for sweepings and rubbish 1
Babbits in tenement 1
To clean vaults 32
To remove swine 4
To remove fowl 1
Legal notices served 79
Permits given to T. F. Fay to clean vaults 12:>
Permits given to T. F. Fay to clean dry wells 33
Permits given to T. F. Fay to clean barn cellars i
Permits given to T. F. Fay to clean water closets 2
Permits given to F. A. Fox to clean vaults -11
Permits given to F. A. Fox to clean dry wells. . . 8
BOAKD OF HEALTH 19
OFFICE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
Lowell, Mass., Dec. 27, 1904.
To the Board of Health, Lowell, Mass.:
Dear Sirs: — As is customary, I herewith submit my an-
nual report for the year ending 1904.
Since the first of January, 1904, as Inspector of Animals
for the City of Lowell, I have personally examined five hun-
dred and thirty animals for contagious diseases, identified and
released two hundred and sixty-eight cows, and have looked
up and reported to the Cattle Bureau of the State Board of
Agriculture the arrival of twenty beef animals to be slaught-
ered and used as food.
There have been twenty-five horses quarantined, having
glanders; and after being tested by the State Cattle Bureau,
twenty-two reacted and were killed and the stables in which
they were kept have been thoroughly disinfected; two were
released as they were found free from glanders, and one still
remains in quarantine awaiting the results of the Cattle
Bureau tests. There were also ten horses reported to me as
showing signs of glanders, which I did not deem proper to
put in quarantine, after a careful examination. The danger
from glanders is still a serious problem for this city, as it is
a center to which are brought old worn-out horses, which
are apt to have glanders, and these cases are apt to be a
starting point from which it will get such a foothold before
recovery that it will be hard to stop.
There have been two hundred and sixty-eight cows
brought into the City by different parties, which have been
identified and released by me.
I have examined and reported on the sanitary conditions,
as regards air, light, water, cleanliness, etc., of forty-two
20 ANNUAL REPORT
stables in which milk cows were kept, and forwarded the
data to the State Cattle Bureau. In these forty-two stables,
I have made a ph'ysical examination of two hundred and
sixty-four cows, two hundred and twenty swine, seven calves,
two oxen, and two bulls; from which five cows have been put
in quarantine as being badly affected with tuberculosis.
These five milk cows have been examined by an agent of
the State Cattle Bureau and my diagnosis confirmed, after
which a price has been agreed upon with the owner and the
cattle killed and a post-mortem made, and one out of the five
showed no lesions of the disease. The others were diseased.
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. SHERMAN, D. V. S. M. D.,
Inspector of Animals,
Lowell, Mass.
CASES OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED.
1904 ( 1903 1902 1901 1900
Diphtheria, including Croup. . . 272 272 667 803 157
Scarlet Fever 120 146 116 65 80
Measles 429 55 785 356 114
Typhoid Fever 48 238 83 70 85
Smallpox 5 11 54 12 23
Totals 874 722 1705 1306 459
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DEATHS FROM CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
1904 1903 1903 1901 1900
Diphtheria, including Croup. . 34 34 76
Scarlet Fever 5 8 5
Measles 14 8
Typhoid; Fever 17 26 16
Smallpox 1 4
Totals 71 68 109 155 45
117
27
3
17
1
18
17
CASES OF DIPHTHEPvIA AND CROUP REPORTED TO THE
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1904.
Diphtheria. Croup.
Cases. Dearths Cases.Deaths.
January 19 2 2 2
February 7 1 2 1
March 12 1 '
April 14 1
May 12 1 1
June 2,9 1
July 5
August 17 5
September 28 2 1
October 55 6
November 33 6
December 35 5
Totals 266 29 6 5
Mortality of Diphtheria, 11 per cent.
Mortality of Croup, 83 per cent.
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MORTALITY OF DIPHTHERIA.
1894 33.0 per cent.
Antitoxin treatment 1895 44.0 per cent.
1896 43.0 per cent.
1897 23.0 per cent.
1898 23.0 per cent.
1899 : 18.0 per cent.
1900 10.0 per cent.
1901 12.0 per cent.
1902 9.5 per cent.
1903 . . : 10.5 per cent.
1904 11.0 per cent.
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 10, 1905.
To the Members of the Board of Health,
Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen: — I have the honor hereby to submit a report
of tin 1 work done in the Bacteriological Laboratory during the
year ending Dec. 31, 1904.
DIPHTHERIA.
Summary of Cultures Examined.
Whole
For Diagnosis. For Release. No Number
Positive. Negative. Positive. Negative. Result. Examined.
^January 15 45 13 20 2 95
February 10 37 18 16 1 82
March 13 131 17 22 1 184
April 13 27 7 8 55
May 15 18 10 11 1 55
June 21 70 43 28 162
July 10 16 11 25 1 63
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Whole
For Diagnosis. For Release. No Number
Positive. Negative. Positive. Negative. Result. Examined.
August 19 30 6 5 60
September 25 32 14 20 1 92
October 42 37 44 47 5 175
November 35 58 45 47 6 191
December 30 40 24 29 2 12. r
24S 541 252 278 20 1339
During the year, seven families infected with diphtheria
and referred by physicians to the Health Department for
treatment were attended at their homes. These seven fam-
ilies were found to contain thirty-one individuals, fifteen of
whom had diphtheria. Under treatment all of them recov-
ered.
The work was necessarily done under very unfavorable
conditions, many of the cases being seen in a late stage of the
disease. Two families had each lost a member by the disease
before the Department took charge.
As soon as a notification of such a case was received at
the office, an immediate visit was made. Antitoxin was giv-
en at once 1 to any cases In which there was little doubt of the
nature of the disease, without waiting for the result of a cul-
ture. A general examination with cultures of all exposed was
made and the family isolated until the results of the cultures
were found. A single large dose of antitoxin was given to
all found infected with the disease, and they were quaran-
tined from the i est of the family. In no case was it neces-
sary to repeat the dose of antitoxin.
Four cases developed paralysis, two of the pharynx, one
of the larynx, and one of the bladder. One patient had an at-
tack of chicken-pox during the course of her diphtheria. All
the paralyses passed off gradually.
One group of cases furnishes an excellent example of the
importance of checking the spread of the disease in a crowded
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tenement block. A single case was referred to the Depart-
ment. An examination showed that three families living in
different tenements in the same block and containing eleven
individuals had been exposed continuously to the case. Cul-
tures from them showed that four others, distributed through
the three families, were already infected with the disease.
The five cases were isolated in two tenements and given
antitoxin, and all recovered. Only one additional case de-
veloped, the nursing mother of one of the first cases.
On March 14th, a culture taken by the attendant physi-
cian from a male prisoner in the Lowell Jail, suffering from a
sore throat, showed the presence of the bacillus of diphtheria.
This case was at once isolated and a general examination of
all the male prisoners, the women working in the laundry,
and the officers exposed was made, 85 primary cultures being
taken. Three additional cases were found in this way, which
were also isolated. At the end of the month, negative cul-
tures were obtained from the four cases. In all, 101 cultures
were examined.
In a period of four days, nine cases of diphtheria having
appeared on one milk route, on June 2d the Milk Inspector
and Bacteriologist were sent out to make an investigation.
Four farms from which the milk came were visited and
cultures taken from 26 individuals. Of these, only one
proved positive. This positive culture was from the man
whose work was to collect the milk and distribute it to the
consumers.
He had been working steadily all the time, had not been
feeling ill, and his wife and child had remained uninfected.
He was quarantined under a physician's care at once and all
the milk-cans and utensils were disinfected. A negative
culture was obtained from him twelve days later.
The first case on the route was reported May 30th. No
new ones appeared after June 10th. One case proved fatal.
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RECURRENCE OF DIPHTHERIA.
The records of the Laboratory since the adoption of the
card system in 1001 show four cases of the recurrence of
diphtheria.
Case One. A girl of 6 years; case reported with positive
culture, May 29, 1901; antitoxin given; recovered; negative
culture, June 19th.
Second attack reported May 20, 1902, with positive cul-
ture; antitoxin given; recovered; negative culture June 13th.
Case Two. A boy of 2 years; .reported with positive
culture July 20, 1902; antitoxin given; recovered; negatiye
culture March 6th.
Second attack reported with positive culture April 25,
1904; antitoxin given; recovered; negative culture May 17th.
Case Three. A boy of 2 1-2 years; reported with positive
culture July 20, 1902; antitoxin given; recoverd; negative
culture Aug. 11th.
Second attack reported, With positive culture, Oct. 6, 1904
antitoxin given; died Oct. 15th.
Case Four. A boy of 2 1-2 years; reported April 11,
1903; antitoxin given; recovered; negative culture April 27th.
Second attack reported with positve culture Sept. 27,
1904; antitoxin given; died Oct. 9t^i.
USE OF ANTITOXIN.
Per cent.
Cases. Percent. Died, of deaths.
Diphtheria 272
Antitoxin used 252 93 28 11
Antiaoxin not used 20 7 6 30
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QUARANTINE PERIOD.
In 230 cases, the average time of quarantine was 10 days.
The longest case lasted 55 days.
EXAMINA-
TION OF
TUBERCULOSIS. SPUTUM.
Whole
Number
Positive. Negative. Examined.
January 5 14
February 5 10 21
March 6 20 26
April 4 15 10
May 7 23 30
June 10 8 18
July 11 10 21
August 4 10 14
September 14 8 22
October 11 11 22
November 7 14 21
December 8 21 20
02 . 165 257
TYPHOID FEVER.
Examination of Blood for Widal Reaction.
Whole
Positive. Negative. Atypical. No Result. Number.
Jauuary 5 3 1
February 5 3 2 10
March 1 5 6
April 2 1 12
May 2 11 13
June 2 4 6
July 2 10 12
August 4 2 6
September 2 6 1
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Whole
Positive. Negative. Atypical. No Result. Number.
October 8 !> 1 18
November 4 10 14
December : 4 11 1 16
41 83 4 3 131
MALARIA.
Seven spec i mens of blood were examined for the pres-
ence of the Malarial Organism, four of which were positive.
In addition a number of examinations were made for
Pus Bacteria, the Gonococcns, the bacillus of Influenza, and
the pneumococcal.
THOMAS B. SMITH, M. D.,
Bacteriologist.
In the Board of Health Report for 1900 occurs the follow-
ing quotation: "Diphtheria requires the taking of a culture
if the membrane is not discernable, then a visit to the office
for antitoxin and return for the purpose of injection, and for
two days, at least, double the care given for the ordinary dis-
ease. It is not just to expect a busy practitioner to give the
required time to a disease that is also dangerous, possibly, to
his other patients, without compensation, and therefore we re-
quest that any physician who feels that he cannot give the
attention that should be awarded a person sick with diph-
theria, involving 'the use of antitoxin, to request such patient
to send at once to the Health Office, and a quick response
will be given to the notification.
This method has in view the saving of the lives of many
who otherwise would be allowed to wait until the poisonous
toxin has so permeated the system that it could not be neu-
tralized by the antidote. We do not wish to interfere in any
way with the rights of the physician or his patient, but if we
28 ANNUAL REPORT
are right in the belief that the great mortality in the dis-
ease comes from neglect to apply the proper remedy, this de-
partment is responsible if no note of warning is sounded, that
some precaution by the patient's parents or friends, if the at-
tending physician, for any reason, declines or refuses to use
every method known to science to save life from this treach-
erous disease.
In 1903, eight families containing thirty-eight members
were transferred by the reporting physician to the care and
treatment of the Health Department, and were attended at
their homes. Of the thirty-eight exposed, seventeen were
found to have diphtheria. Of the seventeen cases, but one
died, and this patient was not put under our care until the
seventh day of her sickness.
In 1904, seven families were turned over by physicians
to us for treatment, containing thirty-one individuals, fifteen
of whom had diphtheria, and under treatment by the depart-
ment, ALL recovered.
In 1903, there were thirty-four (34) deaths.
In 1904, there were thirty-four (34) deaths.
From the experience acquired during the last five years
in the use and the decrement in the death rate from the in-
troduction of antitoxin, we believe it has been demonstrated
that but few, if any, deaths should result from this disease,
and if any do occur, it is because antitoxin was administered
so late in the disease that the poisons or toxins were present
in the blood in overwhelming quantity, making it impossible
for any antidote to be effectual.
In looking over the returns, it seems to us that in the ma-
jority of cases when death occurred, it was due to the fact
that the physician was called late. Another bad feature of
these neglected cases is the post diphtheritic paralysis, which
is the result of the diphtheritic poison, and not, as is errone-
ously thought by *some people, a sequence of the use of anti-
toxin.
The number of deaths in 1904 ought never to recur again
in the annual records of the Department, and as having per-
BOARD OF HEALTH 29
haps a bearing upon its diminution, we wish to remove the
prejudice that care and treatment from the Health Depart-
ment casts any stain upon the family as pauperizing in any
degree the recipients. The Revised Laws of the Common-
wealth make it obligatory upon every city to provide for the
treatment of every person attacked with a contagious disease.
Acts of 1902, Chapter 213, Section 2. „
"No person, for whose care and maintenance a city or
town of the Commonwealth has incurred expense in conse-
quence of Smallpox, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, or other dis-
ease dangerous to the public health, shall be deemed to be a
pauper by reason of such expenditure."
The Board wishes to express its appreciation of the
faithful and successful work of its Bacteriologist, both in the
Laboratory and in the homes of the sick, where he has been
sent to take medical charge of diphtheria cases* that have
been placed in our hands under the invitation quoted from
the Report of 1900.
Our expense, at the Lowell Hospital for 1901 was $490-49.
as compared with $260.00 for 1903.
Fay Hazard $ 8 57
Ada White 7 14
Abe Weiss 1 42
William McGrath 17 14
Sarah McDonald 28 57
Rosanna McDonald 28 57
Margaret McDonald 28 57
Fred McDonald 28 57
Carrie Carroll 18 57
Gertrude Anderson 25 86
Herbert Phillips 17 14
Amount carried forward $000 00
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Amount brought forward $000 00
Janette Beckwith 7 00
Bertie Beckwith 11 00
Albert Terrence 1 43
Flora Richards 7 14
Thomas Breen 22 86
Sadie Breen 22 86
Mary Coggins 2 86
Irene Lyman :i 00
Mary Lyman 4 00
William Lyman 6 29
Madeline Daly 35 71
Margaret Fagan 15 71
Percy Gibson 18 57
Mabel Lambert 5 25
Katharine Warren 5 25
Frank Hart 40 00
Lizzie Breen 21 43
Marietta Breaker 22 86
Ada Wilmott 27 14
|400 40
SCARLET FEVER.
1904 1903 1W2
Cases reported 120 146 116
Deaths 5 8 5
Per cent, total cases 4 5 4
Reported Cases.
January 21
February 16
March 5
April 11
May 8
June 8
1901
1900
65
80
6
9
Deaths
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1
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Reported Cases. Deaths.
July 6 1
August 5
September 11 ()
October 13
Novejmber 1)
December 7
120
MEASLES.
Reported Cases. Deaths.
January 26
February 17
March 13 1
April , . . . 42
May 133 2
.June 128 4
.July 65 6
August 1
September 1
October 1
November .' 2
December 1
429
14
TYPHOID FEVER.
Reported Cases. Death
January 5 1
February 3 3
March , 3 4
April 2
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Reported Cases. Deaths.
May 2
June • 1
July 4 3
August 8 1
September 4 1
October 7 1
November 3 2
December 7
48 17
TYPHOID FEVER.
Population. Reported Cases. Deaths.
Total 1904 104,402 48 17
Total 1903 101,959 238 26
Total 19021 99,574 83 16
Total 1901 94,969 70 18
Total 1900 94,969 85 17
Total 1899 90,114 57 17
Total 1898 87,000 119 24
Total 1897 87,000 105 18
Total 1896 85,700 178 36
Total 1895 84,359 172 33
Total 1894 83,026 282 50
Total 1893 81,694 160 53
Total 1892 80,361 373 75
Total 1891 79,029 293 77
Total 1890 77,696 454 123
A decrease from 1.58 per thousand inhabitants to .16 in
fifteen years.
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PLACES OF DEATH.
Ward 1 2
Ward 2
Ward 3 1
Ward 4 2
Ward 5
Ward 6 1
Ward 7 2
Ward 8 1
Ward 9
Almshouse
St. John's Hospital , 3
Lowell Hospital 5
Lowell General Hospital
17
Males 5
Females 12
Oldest 62 years
Youngest 5 years
DEATHS FROM CHOLERA INFANTUM.
1904
January
February
March
Total first quarter. 1 1
1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899
April 1
May
June 2
Total second quarter 3 4 4 5 5 14
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
4
5
12
34
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1904
July 47
August 37
September 22
Total third quarter.. 106
1904
October , . . . 3
November 1
December
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
61
59
27
66
77
63
22
38
28
38
21
20
24
20
39
145 101
Total fourth quarter 4
Total for the year... 113
89 114 154
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
7
1
4
10
1
1
1
1
4
1
7
2
12
8
57
107
99
131
176
PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH.
1904 1903 1902 1901 1900
Cholera Infantum and other
Diarrhoeal Diseases 243 176 120 120 142
Phthisis and other Tubercu-
loses 143 132 164 170 186
Pneumonia and Bronchitis. . 247 263 278 310 282
Congenital Debility 148 140 172 156 137
Heart Disease 132 153 219 197 190
Typhoid Fever 17 26 16 18 17
Apoplexy and Paralysis 118 75 140 106 108
Old Age 52 56 34 40 40
Diseases of the brain (un-
classified) 18 92 35 49 41
Convulsions 19 25 43 45 41
Diseases of the Kidneys.... 85 104 77 82 73
Meningitis 59 63. 73 67 65
Diphtheria and Croup 34 34 76 117 27
All other causes 421 559 488 561 500
Total for the year 1736 1898 1935 2038 1849
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VITAL STATISTICS.
Deaths, male .
Deaths, female
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
860
945
971
1010
947
876
953
964
1028
902
1736 1898 1935 2038 1849
Children under one year. . . .
Children under two years . . .
Children under five years . . .
Per cent, of total deaths
under five years 38.8 38.8 38.1 39.2
498
554
519
539
512
590
660
618
657
608
673
738
738
799
687
37.1
Birthplace. Of Deceased.
Lowell 818
Massachusetts, elsewhere 95
Other states 262
Ireland 271
Canada 155
Great Britain 75
Other Countries 49
Unknown 11
Total 1736
Of Parents.
170
176
486
1062
913
241
234
190
3472
PLACES OF DEATH.
Ward 1 138
Ward 2 141
Ward 3 157
Ward 4 146
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PLACES OF DEATH— Continued.
Ward 5 138
Ward 6 170
Ward 7 347
Ward 8 121
Ward 9 127
Almshouse 97
Lowell Hospital . . . 53
Lowell General Hospital 25
St John's Hospital 74
Small Pox Hospital 1
Emergency Hospital 1
1736
Still Births during the year 143
PLACES OF INTERMENT.
St. Patrick's Cemetery 648
Edson Cemetery 365
Lowell Cemetery 85
St. Joseph's Cemetery 427
St. Peter's Cemetery 64
Other Cemeteries 3
Removed 144
1736
DEATHS IN 1904, COMPARED WITH 1903.
Decrease. Increase.
Cholera .Infantum and other diarrhoeal diseases 67
Phthisis and other Tuberculoses 11
BOARD OF HEALTH 37
DEATHS IN 1904, COMPARED WITH 1903— Continued.
Decrease. Increase.
Pneumonia and Bronchitis . 16
Congenital Debility 8
Heart Disease 21
Typhoid Fever 9
Apoplexy and Paralysis 43
Old Age i 4
Diseases of the brain (unclassified) 74
Convulsions 6
Diseases of the Kidneys 19
Meningitis 4
Diphtheria and Croup
All other causes 138
291 129
Total decrease 162
DEATH RATE.
Year.
Population, census 1890
estimated 1891
estimated 1892
estimated 1893
estimated 1894
census 1895
estimated 1896
estimated 1897
estimated 1898
estimated 1899
census 1900
estimated 1901
estimated 1902
estimated 1903
estimated 1904
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Deaths.
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77,696
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79,029
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2094
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COLLECTION OF ASHES.
1904 1903 1902
January 2260 loads 1727 loads 2660 loads
February 2360 loads 1564 loads 2451 loads
March 2378 loads 1804 loads 2578 loads
April 2236 loads 1725 loads 2556 loads
May 1825 loads 1506 loads 1950 loads
June 1329 loads 1300 loads 1300 loads
July 1056 loads 1331 loads 1243 loads
August 1160 loads 1200 loads 1200 loads
September 1200 loads 1202 loads 1189 loads
October 1349 loads 1414 loads 1414 loads
November 1652 loads 1537 loads 1245 loads
December 1997 loads 2033 loads 1456 loads
20,802 loads 18,343 loads 21,242 loads
Cost of Collection. Labor Pay Roll.
1891 $ 8,001 19
1892 9,857 42
1893 11,542 94
1894 12,087 93
1895 10,591 40
1896 11,311 25
1897 12,793 15
1898 11,209 70
1899 10,903 30
1900 10,665 35
1901 , 10,651 28
1902 10,454 80
1903 9,691 50
1904 10,714 95
536 loads paper.
BOARD OF HEALTH 45
MARKET AND HOSPITAL REFUSE BURNED AT
CREMATOR JAN. 1, 1904 to 1905.
12 tons hospital refuse.
291 tons market refuse.
56 dogs.
61 cats.
40 mattresses.
11 loads bedding.
4 barrels clothing.
10 pillows.
2 lounges.
NUMBER OF LOADS SWILL COLLECTED.
1904 1903 1902
January 353 333 322
February 321 282 280
March ' . . 328 29pL 286
April 298 296 301
May 315 308 308
June 329 328 312
July 335 335 367
August 443 369 307
September 480 429 456
October 386 384 419
November/ , 357 317 315
December 407 359 362
4352 4031 4035
Total collections for 1904 4352 loads
Total collections for 1903 4031 loads
Total collections for 1902 4035 loads
Total collections for 1901 3861 loads
Total collections for 1900 4217 loads
46 ANNUAL REPORT
SWILL ACCOUNT.
1904
January f 253 12
February 218 87
March 241 88
April 232 50
May 201 88
June 251 88
July 256 75
August 310 00
September 372 75
October 326 93
November 321 25
December 199 60
Swill Permits . . 185 00
Swill Licenses.... 135 00
1,507 41
1903
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$ 331 25
$ 203 00
| 242 00
228 12
222 00
145 00
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180 00
276 00
259 74
220 50
239 70
212 99
308 88
261 00
251 23
228 13
365 00
248 74
255 00
161 00
289 36
308 62
217 00
319 99
257 49
160 00
286 23
322 87
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228 50
220 61
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328 00
125 00
161 00
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$3,299 87
|3,244 72
$3,008 20
Swill Exchanged
for Hay $2,047 84 1,584 72 883 77 895 04
$5,555 25 $4,884 59 $4,128 49 $3,903 24
SWILL LICENSES.
Lowell Rendering Co.
John H. Farris Lowell
C. A. Hamblett Dracut
Charles Dadian Billerica
Fen wick Nichols Dracut
J. P. Eaton Chelmsford
C. A. Hamblett Lowell
McDonald Bros Lowell
BOARD OF HEALTH 47
SWILL LICENSES— Continued.
W. H. Barnes Dracut
Joseph Viere Lowell
Mrs. Nellie M, Remmes Lowell
Herbert Parker Dracut
W. F. Richardson Pelham
Charles A. Jackson Dracut
J. R. Hayes Dracut
Jnmes B. Oarr Chelmsford
Whitman & Pratt Dracut
R. N. Maker Dracut
O. S. Cumming-s Tyngsboro.
Joseph Bowers Lowell
Antonia Paiva Lowell
George H. Stevens Dracut
Harry F. Adams Chelmsford
Independent Refining Co Dracut
PERMITS TO TRANSPORT FROM YARD.
C. D. Kent Pelham
Louis Daigle Dracut
A. Bouchard Dracut
E. H. Choquette & Son Dracut
Dracut Poor Farm : . . . . Dracut
H. C. Greene Chelmsford
Paul Vigeant Lowell
N. C. Clairmont Dracut
W. H. Peabody Pelham
Fred U. Haskell Dracut
Thomas H. Sherlock Dracut
E. A. Gould Dracut
C. O. Bobbins Chelmsford
48 ANNUAL REPORT
PERMITS TO TRANSPORT FROM YARD^-Continued.
P. A. Bruorton Billerica
Thomas Gourgeon Dracut
E. C. Peril am Chelmsford
G. W. Kenwick Westford
Patrick Cogger Lowell
O. J. Coburn Dracut
John P. Tully Dracut
Geo. E. Spaulding Chelmsford
Daniel E. Cameron Dracut
John M. Graves Dracut
J. A. Davis Dunstable
C. H. Parker ...... Dracut
Charles A. Jackson Dracut
Vinton McNutt Chelmsford
William E. Biggs Wigginville
J. B. Noel Chelmsford
Mrs. Charles Jones Dracut
O. P. Coburn Dracut
J. J. McManmon Dracut
H. T. Wheeler Dracut
Charles Shugrue Westford
C. E. Guthrue Dracut
Charles E. Bunker Dracut
J. L. Gregoire Dracut
Joseph Albert Dracut
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1904. FINANCIAL STATEMENT— EXPENDITURES.
Pay Rolls. Office.
January f 567 00
February 539 00
March : 539 00
April 673 75
May 539 00
June 539 00
July 673 75
August 539 00
September 539 00
October 673 75
November 539 00
December 673 75
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Pay Rolls. Yard.
January f 2,402 95
February 2,254 21
March 2,239 35
April 2,77115
May 2,158 20
June 2,099 10
July 2,668 20
August 2,119 40
September 2,180 40
October 2,678 75
November 2,182 50
December 2,719 30
$28,473 51
Small Pox, $163.75.
BOARD OF HEALTH 51
ANALYSIS OF PAY ROLLS OF 1904 COMPARED WITH
1903.
1904 1903 Decrease. Increase.
Ashes |10,714 95 f 9,691 50 $1,023 45
Swill . . 8,324 70 8„178 93 145 77
Alleys and
Dumps 3,554 05 3,40140 152 65
General Inspec-
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Blacksmith . . 797 50 947 65 150 15
Stable . . 2,297 56 2,269 62 27 94
Agent 1,830 00 1,825 00 5 00
Registrar 628 00 653 25 25 25
Cremator .... 706 50 704 25 2 25
Small Pox .... 163 75 61 50 102 25
Fumigation . . 816 00 815 00 1 00
Foreman 1,257 75 1,192 50 65 25
Meat Inspector 156 00 156 00
135,672 26 |34,272 17 |288 47 $1,688 56
Total Increase $1,400 09
ANALYSIS OF BILLS, 1904.
Office Sundries.
Advertising $ 10 08
Board of Health Signs 31 51
Bacteriological Department 95 21
City of Worcester 37 14
Coal 14 00
Cremator 35 18
52 ANNUAL REPORT
ANALYSIS OF BILLS, 1904— Continued.
Culture Taking 202 50
Express 11 35
Fumigating Supplies 73 51
Gas Investigation 200 00
Lowell Hospital 490 49
Medical Services 449 00
Mileage 20 00
Massachusetts Ass'n Board of Health. . 8 00
New Horse 175 00
Plumbing Association 11 44
Printing Annual Report 87 54
Printed Supplies 226 15
Rent of Cremator 75 00
Repairing Small Pox Hospital 7 20
Small Pox Bills 42 85
Sundries 173 67
Stamps and Stamped Envelopes 57 50
Telephone 13 95
Vaccine 72 99
|2,621 26
Yard.
Blacksmith's Supplies f 259 00
Corn and Meal 113 06
Canvas Covers 36 00
Cremator 155 34
Electric Lights 27 10
Fumigating Supplies 27 39
Hay 25 50
Hardware 6196
Harness Supplies 152 58
BOARD OF HEALTH 53
ANALYSIS OF BILLS, 1904— Continued.
Lumber 134 61
New Harnesses 110 00
New Wagon Wheels 323 04
New Wagon 76 75
New Wagon Supplies 63 14
Oats 2,31188
Repairs at Crematory . . . . 4 . 20 90
Repairing Ambulance 25 70
Repairing Harnesses 34 70
Repairing Goddard Buggy 5 75
Repairing Wagon 52 30
Straw 336 08
Sundries 538 90
Veterinary Services 60 00
Water Department 96 75
1,048 43
INCOME TRANSFERRED TO GENERAL FUND.
Swill 13,187 41
Swill Permits 185 00
Swill Licenses 135 00
Waste Paper 62 50
Town of Chelmsford 114 28
City of Worcester 18 57
Rent of Bill Boards 26 67
State, Small Pox 407 88
1,137 31
54 ANNUAL REPORT
Total to General Fund 1904 #4,137 31
Total to General Fund 1903 4,085 12
Total to General Fund 1902 6,103 87
Total to General Fund 1901 4,585 26
Total to General Fund 1900 3,647 03
Total to General Fund 1899 3,796 05
SUMMARY
Office
Expend i- Appropri-
tures ations Receipts Balance Deficit
Salaries of Board $1,500 00
Salary of Dr. Smith. . . 600 00
Pay Rolls, Office 7,035 00
$9,135 00 $9,161 25 $26 25
Bills 2,62126 2,200 00 $175 70 $245 56
Yard
Pay Rolls 28,637 26 28,355 00 163 75 118 51
Bills 5,048 43 5,000 00 48 43
Small Pox
Total Cost 1,010 02 489 50 520 52
>,451 97 $45,205 75 $339 45 $26 25 $933 02
BOARD OF HEALTH 55
COST OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THE
YEAR 1904.
Salaries
Salaries of Board $ 1,500 00
Salary of Bacteriologist 600 00
Pay Rolls, Office 7,035 00
Pay Rolls, Yary 28,637 26
Bills, Small Pox 1,010 02
Bills, Office 2,621 26
Bills, Yard 5,048 43
$46,451 97
Appropriations
Office Salaries $ 9,16125
Office Sundries 2,200 00
Yard Labor 28,355 00
Yard Sundries , 5,000 00
Small Pox 489 50
$45,205 75
Receipts 339 45
Deficit 933 02
$46,478 22
26 25
,451 97
56 ANNUAL REPORT
Our horses were examined Dec. 24th, by Dr. Sherman, as
per the following list:
1. Bay Horse, "Sam," 16 years $ 30 00
2. Black Horse, "Daddy," 17 years 60 00
3. Brown Horse, "Billy," 14 years 120 00
4. Black Horse, "Harry," 14 years 80 00
5. Bay Horse, "Peter," 15 years 15 00
6. Bay Mare, "Bridget," 12 years 25 00
7. Bay Horse, "Jack," 12 years 100 00
8. Bay Mare, "Sue," 14 years 20 00
9. Black Horse, "Major," 12 years 100 00
10. Bay Horse, "Baldy," 16 years 105 00
11. Bay Horse, "Fred," 17 years 90 00
12. Brown Mare, "Kate," 14 years 30 00
13. Brown Mare, "Maggie," 17 years 10 00
14. Bay Horse, "Duke," 18 years 40 00
15. Gray Mare, "Grace," 12 years 120 00
16. Black Horse, "Nigger," 13 years 40 00
17. Bay Horse, "Joe," 13 years 120 00
18. Gray Mare, "Mollie," 15 years 100 00
19. Bay Mare, "Helen," 9 years 150 00
20. Bay Horse, "Ned," 11 years 150 00
21. Bay Horse, "Moxie," 10 years 105 00
22. Black Horse, "Tom" 8 years 100 00
23. Black Horse, 'John," 9 years 105 00
24. Sorrel Horse, "Doctor," 17 years 65 00
25. Gray Horse, "Tom," 15 years 15 00
26. Bay Horse, "George," 9 years 115 00
27. Bay Mare, "Sarah," 9 years 135 00
28. Bay Mare, "Mollie," 7 years 165 00
29. Bay Horse, "Tom," 10 years 65 00
30. Brown Horse, "Jim," 10 years 140 00
BOARD OF HEALTH 57
31. Bay Mare, "Grace," 7 years 175 00
5,690 00
At least six of the above horses are unfit for service, and
for the credit of the city should be replaced with younger
animals.
WAGONS AND SLEDS.
1 Ambulance $ 175 00
1 Hospital Wagon 15 00
10 Double Ash Carts at flOO 1,000 00
5 Single Ash Carts at $50 250 00
8 Double Ash Sleds at $70 560 00
4 Single Ash Sleds at $50 200 00
10 Single Swill Sleds at $50 500 00
1 Double Swill Wagon . 50 00
11 Single Swill Wagons at $50. .' 550 00
2 Coupes . . . . 425 00
2 Paper Wagons at $100 200 00
1 Sleigh 15 00
2 Pungs at $35 70 00
1 Concord Wagon 40 00
2 Mover Buggies at $100 200 00
2 Goddard Buggies 315 00
1 Covered Sleigh 20 00
2 New Paper Sleds at $75 150 00
$4,735 00
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HARNESSES AND ROBES.
1 Set Double Harnesses for ambulance.
2 Sets Single Harnesses for ambulance.
10 Single Harnesses at $20
10 Double Harnesses at $20
35 Halters
4 Horse Covers
2 Woolen Robes
32 Baker Stable Blankets
3 Street Blankets
1 Rubber Lap Robe
15 Surcingles
20 Curry Combs and Brushes
10 Canvas Covers for ash carts
12 Mane Brushes
3 Under Harness Street Blankets
2 Large Canvases
2 Sponges
1 Extra Heavy Saddle
13 Collars
9 Collar Pads
3 Buffalo Robes
9 Harness Pads
8 Zinc Pads
1 Sheepskin
4 Sets Reins
5 Trace Girths
6 Shaft Lugs
4 Sets Hold-back Straps
4 Saddle Girths
4 Summer Blankets
33 Stall Straps
17 String Bells
4 Light Harnesses
32 Square Shovels
$ 25
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25
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200
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200
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8
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110
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12
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BOARD OF HEALTH 59
SUMMARY.
Horses $2,690 00
Wagons and Sleds 4,735 00
Harnesses and Robes 935 50
Miscellaneous 200 00
Carpenter Shop 300 00
Blacksmith Shop 350 00
Smallpox Hospital 500 00
1,710 50
At the Yard of the Department there are employed
1 Foreman $3 50 per day
1 Blacksmith 2 75 per day
1 Carpenter 2 50 per day
1 Fumigator 2 50 per day
3 Hostlers and Watchmen 2 00 per day
10 Ash Teamsters 2 00 per day
10 Ash Helpers 1 80 per day
7 Swill Teamsters 2 00 per day
7 Swill Helpers 1 80 per day
2 Paper Teamsters 2 00 per day
2 Paper Helpers -,.... 1 80 per day
2 Dump Men 1 80 per day
The above force work, rain or shine, every day in the
year excepting Christmas and the Fourth of July. In the col-
lection of ashes, all the teams and men are sent into the old
six wards which gives them one day each week to remove all
the ashes in the city.
Year
Population
Expenditures
Revenue
Net Cost
City's
Valuation
Taxation
Per Capita
1894
83,026
157,073 73
318 43
56,755 30
69,091,536
.63
1895
84,359
46,324 04
570 80
45,753 24
68,885,732
.54
1896
85,700
45,587 11
265 57
45,321 54
69,910,472
.53
1897
87,000
48,551 84
2,369 99
46,181 85
70,389,280
.53
1898
87,000
41,026 78
3,229 02
37,779 76
70,977,303
.43
1899
90,114
40,830 23
3,796 05
37,034 18
71,255,587
.41
1900
94,969
246,266 11
3,647 03
42,619 08
71,529,515
.44
1901
94,969
46,673 41
4,585 26
42,088 15
71,674,588
.44
1902
99,574
354,815 33
6,103 87
48,711 46
71,903,757
.48
1903
101,959
446,168 01
4,085 12
42,082 89
72,004,028
.41
1904
104,402
546,451 97
4,137 31
42,314 66
71,614,907
.40
1. Smallpox and Swill Cremation, 12,708 25
2. Smallpox, $4,739 67
3. Smallpox, 6,626 20
4. Smallpox, 1,000 00
5. Smallpox, 1,010 02
BOARD OF HEALTH 61
The Department have in use, Jan. 1, 1905, as dumping
grounds for the Ash Collection : —
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Land owned by Locks and Canals, Aiken St.
Land owned by E. B. Peirce, Cambridge St.
Land owned by Boyle Bros., Middlesex, cor Pawtucket St.
Land owned by E. A. Smith, Waverly Ave.
Land owned by Agricultural Society, Gorham St.
Land owned by Viola Wilson, Leverett St.
Land owned by Locks and Canals, Stackpole St.
Land owned by Percy Parker Estate, Richardson St.
Land owned by J. W. Bennett Estate, Tanner St.
Land owned by J. P. Mahoney, State St.
Land owned by Conners Bros., Plain St.
Land owned by D. Gage Estate, Mammoth Road.
Land owned by C. I. Hood, Andover St.
Land owned by J. F. Holden, Westford St.
Land owned by D. Gage Estate, Broadway, cor Paw-
tucket St.
The swill collections are made twice each week, every
team having three different routes. While there is more swill
in summer than in winter, the freezing of the buckets at
houses makes it necessary to provide ice chisels to cut out the
swill, thereby taking more time to cover the different routes.
As cities grow in population, the collection and disposal of
the municipal waste becomes a costly and serious problem.
Lowell in 1891 put into use an Engle Cremator, costing eight
thousand dollars ($8,000.00) for the purpose of burning the col-
lections made by the Health Department teams, and for three
years the experiment was maintained. It was found to be a
very costly procedure, and it was gradually discontinued until
for the last four years all the swill has been sold to farmers
as food for swine. We have no evidence that it injures the
quality of pork made and as the result of our experience, with
particular reference to its cost, the present Board are not
favorably inclined towards its cremation. But when the
62 ANNUAL REPORT
Cremator went into commission, personal notice was served
upon every provision and fish dealer that the refuse made by
them must be taken to the plant, and they were forbidden to
deposit any upon the dumping grounds that are used by the
department for ashes and rubbish. Since the plant has been
unused for swill, it has always taken care of large quantities
of very offensive material, as well as all the dead animals.
After a presentation of the conditions to the Mayor and City
Council of 1904, they provided by a loan Ten Thousand Dol-
lars ($10,000.00) to be expended by the Board in 1905 for the
purpose outlined above.
Garbage when fresh is clean and has little or no odor. It
is only when it has arrived at a good old age that it becomes
offensive. From a sanitary standpoint, there is as much dan-
ger lurking in dry refuse as there is in swill, on account of
flying dust. There are many probabilities of infection in dry
refuse from tenement houses, old paper, rags, clothing, shoes,
mattresses and hospital waste, and great care is used to pre-
vent the indiscriminate dumping of such stuff on vacant lots
used for ash disposal.
The Board hopes that during 1905, with the assistance
given by a new Cremator, in a changed location nearer the
geographical center of the city, the refuse can be destroyed
at a less cost than at present and the Ash Dumps kept free
from objectionable material. Before asking for sealed pro-
posals, it is expected that some representative of the Board
will examine thoroughly one or more of the plants in opera-
tion, built by the different competitors.
The list that seems to require personal investigation in-
cludes the following manufacturers:
Clinton Foundry Co., New York City.
Decarie Mfg. Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
The Dixon Garbage Co., Toledo, O.
Jarvis Engineering Co., Boston, Mass.
The Board hopes and expects to have a plant located and
erected before the advent of warm weather in 1905.
BOARD OF HEALTH 63
An effort lias been made to compare the methods and
cost of the collection and disposition of swill and garbage in
the different Massachusetts cities, but the systems and con*
trols are so varied as to render any comparison of little value
The different departments which control, the difficulty in re
ducing to a comparable factor the reports given in tons, cubic
feet and cords, and the uncertainty as to what is meant by
cost as to whether it includes maintenance of horses and
wagons, or simply pay-roll of labor employed, prevented the
preparation of any tabulated comparison, but herewith is ap-
pended the results of the inquiry, which are valuable as far as
they go, towards giving information upon a matter of import-
ance to all citizens and tax-payers.
1904. LOWELL.
Population 101,402, estimate. Health Department col-
lects both swill and ashes.
Cost collecting ashes, labor pay roll. . . . $10,714 95
Cost collecting swill, labor pay roll .... 8,324 70
No income from ashes.
From swill 5,555 25
Net cost of swill $2,769 45
4352 loads were collected and sold to farmers at Health
Department Yard for transport to farms where it is used as
food for swine.
1903. WORCESTER.
Population, 127,286. Expenditures of Health Depart-
ment, no collection of ashes or swill, $30,401.98. The Pauper
Department collects the swill and takes it to the City Farm
where it is fed to swine, the City receiving the income from
the sale of pork. Net cost of collection, $6,363.02. About 9,000
tons swill.
Householders are required to remove the ashes at houses
64 ANNUAL REPORT
to dumps provided by the Health Department at the house-
holders' expense.
1003. FALL RIVER.
Population, 112,000. The Street Department collects
ashes. Could not give the cost. The swill is collected by con-
tract, price |12,000.00 per year. No income.
1003. CAMBRIDGE.
Population, 08,630.
Ashes collected by Street Dept., cost. . . $28,707 78
Swill collected by Health Dept.
Cost ?24,169 50
Income (fed to swine) 10,441 24
Net cost $13,728 26
1003. NEW BEDFORD.
Population, 75,000. Does not collect ashes. Has awarded
contract to a Utilization Company to collect and dispose of
swill; pays the Company annually $23,000.
1003. LYNN.
Population, 72,500. Collects both ashes and swill, Ashes
cost $16,664.00. Swill, $13,532.05. Income from swill
$4,657.77. Total cost of department, $40,244.82.
1003. LAWRENCE.
Population, 70,000. Collects ashes and swill. Cost of
ashes, $17,000. Cost of swill, $11,000. No income. Total cost
of department, $41,040.03.
BOARD OP" HEALTH 65
1903. SPRINGFIELD.
Population, 69,380. Collects both ashes and swill. Cost of
ashes, $16,011.44. Cost of swill, $13,271.69. Taken out of city
and fed to swine, with an income to the city of $1,335.
1903. SOMERVILLE.
Population, 67,000. Collects both ashes and swill. Cost
of ashes, $13,761.75. Cost of swill, $11,982. Swill sold to con-
tractor for $1,100. Total cost to department, $47,160.66.
1903. BROCKTON.
Population, 46,601. Health Department collects ashes.
Pauper Department collects swill. Cost of collecting ashes,
$6,500. Cost of collecting swill, $9,000. Income, sale of hogs,
$6,500. Net cost of swill collection, $2,500.
1903. HOLYOKE.
Population, 50,000. Ashes and swill in charge of Board
of Public Works. Cost of ashes, $19,000. Cost of swill,
$2,200. No income.
1903. SALEM.
Population, 37,500. Health Department collects swill at
a cost of $7,067 and receives from contractor $2,500.
1903. CHELSEA.
Population, 35,876. Health Department pays contractor
on a three years' contract $3,000 annually for collection of
swill.
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1903. HAVERHILL.
Population, 38,600. Street Department collects ashes.
Health Department collects swill by contract, cost $2,700 per
year. Fed to swine at Newton, N. H. Taken from city on
cars. No income.
In conclusion, we wish to thank the Mayor and the City
Council for their uniform courtesy during the past year and
especially to express our lively appreciation for the appro-
priation of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a new Cremator,
in return for which we shall, on our part, spare no labor or
time in giving the City the best Cremator within our power.
WILLIAM B. JACKSON, M. D.,
LEONARD HUNTRESS, M. D.,
WILLIAM C. DOHERTY,
Board of Health.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
OF THE
OITY OF" LOWEL
FOR THE YEAR 1904
LOWELL, MASS.
PRESS OF CHAS. E. ROBINSON
1 905
STREET DEPARTMENT.
ORGANIZATION 1904
Superintendent,
LAFOREST BEALS.
(from Jan. i, to May 24.)
Acting Superintendent, . FREDERICK W. FARNHAM
(from May 25, to Jan. 4, 1905.)
Assistant Superintendent Streets, George W. Hartwell.
" " Sewers, Ether S. Foss.
(from Jan. 1, to April 20.)
" " Daniel W. Bugbee,
(from May 3, to Oct. 1.)
" " Frank W. Lazelle,
(appointed Oct. 3rd.)
Department Clerk,
CLARENCE H. RAYMOND.
Book-keeper,
Inspector of Sewers,
FRANKLIN T. WILSON.
SAMUEL D. BUTTERWORTH
STREET COMMITTEE.
Alderman Carmichael,
" Fairweather.
Councilman Barry,
" Samuel Fleming,
" James Fleming,
Hayes.
Palm
SEWER COMMITTEE
Alderman Gerow,
" Grant,
" Gallagher.
CONTENTS,
PAGES
Appropriations 6
Asphalt Pavement Repaired 51
Bridges , 67-68
Cleaning Streets 7-1 2
Cleaning Streets, Recapitulation 30
Cinder Sidewalks 38-39
Concrete Crossings Repaired T 40
Concrete Pavement Repaired 41
Concrete Sidewalks Repaired 42-44
Concrete Sidewalks Top Dressed 45~47
Grading Streets 36-37
Ledge 50
Macadamized Streets 33
New Brick Sidewalks 26
New Stone Walls 26
New Fences 28
New Edgestones 31 52
New Sidewalks 34
CONTENTS.— Continued.
PAGES
New Granite Crossings , 35
New Catch Basins 62-64
Personal Property, Street Department 14-1 7
Personal Property, Watering Streets 17
Personal Property, Boulevard 18
Personal Property, Sewer Department 19-21
Personal Property, Recapitulation 21
Paving Gutters 22
Paving Aiken Street Bridge 27
Permits Granted 51
Repaving Gutters 23
Repaving Streets 24
Repairing Bridges 27
Relaying Crossings 28
Relaying Sidewalks 29
Removing Snow 29
Resolutions for Sidewalks 41
Resetting Edgestones 49
Sweeping Streets 13
Streets Laid Out and Accepted 48
Sundry Work 50
Sewers Constructed 5 2-59
Sewers Repaired 6o-6j
Top Dressing Streets. . '. 25
Table of Sewers 65-66
Wood Block Paving 51
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS' OFFICE,
CITY HALL,
Lowell, Mass., December 31, 1904.
To the Honorable City Council:
Gentlemen : —
In compliance with City Ordinances, herewith, respectfully
is submitted the annual report upon the several departments under
the direction and control of the Superintendent of Streets.
Laforest Beals, Supt. of Streets Jan. 1st, — May 24th, 1904.
Frederick W. Farnham, Acting Supt. of Streets, by appointment.
Hon. Charles E. Howe, Mayor, May 25th, 1904 — January 4, 1905.
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CLEANING STREETS.
NAME OF STREET.
A
Abbott
Adams
Agawam
Aiken Ave
Albion
Alder
Ames
Andover
Andrews
Anne
Arch
Arlington.
Ash
Auburn..
Austin...
Arthur. . .
Ames
B
Baldwin
Barclay
Barrington
Bartlett
Bassett
Beacon
Beech
Bellevue
Bellmont
Bellmont Ave.
Belrose Ave..
Billings
Blodgett
Blossom
Bourne
Bowden
Bowers
COST.
37 °3
9 02
29 79
17 81
33 33
6 40
12 S 3
6 42
148 81
30 86
31 69
6 62
7 83
17 65
6 84
i5 63
4-55
2 07
40 62
8 24
17 81
4 78
25 49
4 42
117 26
36 68
4 35
35 63
12 38
8 24
27 3 6
10 75
i7 58
8 59
13 23
14 34
NAME OF STREET.
Boynton
Branch
Bridge
Broadway
Burgess
Burns
Burtt.....
Butterfield
Butler Ave
Brooks
Billings
Boulevard
Bertram
Burnside
C
Cabot
Cady
Cambridge...
Canton
Carlisle _.
Carlton
Carter . . .
Cedar
Central
Chambers
Chapel
Charles
Cheever
Chelmsford..
Chester
Chestnut
Church
Claire
Clarke
Coburn
Colonial Ave.
COST.
10 30
1 5 32
28 87
57 88
13 47
2 27
13 02
12 63
2 39
5 99
4 12
1,050 21
4 56
9 06
18 25
22 25
8 60
37 02
32 51
24 01
2 16
2 39
16 52
34 9^
8 90
19 81
6 57
13 92
47 14
11 40
32 45
12 26
12 82
12 42
31 60
15 20
REPORT OF THE
CLEANING STREETS— Continued.
NAME OF STREET.
Common
Concord
Congress
Coolidge
Coral
Corbett
Corner
Cosgrove
Court
Crawford
Crescent
Cross
Crowley
Cumberland Road.
Cushing
Colburn
Chase Ave
Columbus Ave
City Hall Ave
Court Ave
D
Dalton
Dartmouth.
Davis
Doane
Dodge
Dover
Dummer. . .
Dunfey
Durant
East Merrimack.
East Pine
Edson
Eighteenth
Eighth
Eighth Ave
COST.
29 87
49 30
8 70
3 78
22 16
4 43
8 11
17 70
4 45
4 77
13 02
37 °°
1 3 °3
8 46
13 3 2
11 95
6 52
12 37
79 28
4 46
24 88
64 15
10 72
2 40
4 34
7 3 2
S3 87
13 67
3 49
29 97
56 01
1 S 43
13 57
3 2 36
12 15
10 74
NAME OF STREET.
Eleventh
Elliott
Ellsworth
Elm
Emery
Ennoll
Everett
Exeter
Eaton
Essex
Fairmount. . .
Fairview
Favor
Fay
Fayette
Fen wick
Fifth
Fifth Ave
First
Fletcher
Floyd
Ford
Fort Hill Ave.
Foster •. .
Fourth Ave . .
Franklin
Fremont
Fulton
Fourth
Fernald
Farmland Rd.
Garnet
Gates
Gershom Ave.
Gibson ,
COST.
45 47
13 2 5
3 43
22 15
10 96
18 79
5 76
4 13
6 62
8 70
75 34
14 3 2
6 61
11 08
26 60
9 07
43 21
14 35
3 2 57
106 36
12 77
4i 83
56 49
85 9 2
38 9°
8 3 2
49 5*»
19 09
28 6S
2 06
10 S 3
28 89
20 40
6 85,
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
CLEANING STREETS— Continued.
NAME OF STREET.
Gold
Gorham ,
Grand
Grove
Glidden Ave ,
Gibson
Georgia Ave ,
Grace
Hale
Hall
Hampshire
Hanks
Hanover
Harding
Harrison
Harvard
Hastings
Hawthorn
High
Highland '.
Hildreth
Holvrood Ave.
Houghton
Howard
Howe
Hudson
Humphrey
Huntington...
Hutchinson.. .
Hoyt Ave
Hovey
Highland Ave.
Hovey Ave
Hazeltine
Inland.
COST.
i 92
17 16
39 43
5 1 J 4
16 70
21 50
4 56
2 28
7i 57
11 70
45 o7
25 61
11 32
8 08
10 76
23 44
32 69
4 34
80 37
30 40
107 26
38 45
9 13
114 19
8 26
9 01
28 44
21 50
6 84
8 24
8 46
2 05
4 12
2 29
26 28
NAME OF STREET.
Jackson
James
Jefferson
Jenness
Jewett
John
June
July
Keene
Kinsman
Kirk
Kimball Ave
Knapp Ave
Lagrange
Lane
Laurel
Lawrence
Lawson
Lee
Leroy
Leverett
Lewis
Liberty
Lilley Ave
Lincoln
Linden
Little
Livermore
Livingston
Livingston Ave.
Lombard
London
Loring
Ludlam
Lundberg
COST.
7 18
13 67
9 36
13 03
28 88
19 65
15 10
1 98
16 53
21 88
3 67
4 46
7 81
12 81
12 81
20 85
67 03
5 49
14 06
10 76
13 26
8 41
62 88
35 59
80 91
8 47
6 45
12 79
25 32
16 07
7 96
52 37
24 21
47 46
21 94
IO
REPORT OF THE
CLEANING STREETS— Continued.
NAME OF STREET.
Lyon
Lamb
Little Canada
Madison
Main
Mammoth
Manchester
Mansur
Marginal
Marion
Market ,
Marlborough
Marshall
May
Mead
Meadowcroft
Merrimack
Methuen...
Middlesex
Midland
Mill
Moody
Moore
Mt. Grove
Mt. Hope
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Washington.
Myrtle
Meadow Road . .
Manahan
Merrill
New Moody
Nesmith
Newell
Newhall
COST.
25 3 1
59 °7
4 35
18 03
102 42
15 5i
29 07
24 73
6 35
55 01
37 30
30 81
10 85
5 60
8 25
20 34
63 16
232 84
29 97
2 86
160 63
60 38
8 03
35 16
38 15
21 89
45 3 1
J 9 55
10 83
2 38
42 12
107 27
10 76
20 08
NAME OF STREET.
Nichols
Nicolet
Nineteenth
Ninth
North
Norcross
North Common
Oak
Oakland..
Olive
Osgood...
Otis
Oliver
O'Connell.
Pawtucket
Paige
Park
Parker
Pearl
Perry
Phillips
Pine
Plain
Pond
Porter
Powell
Princeton
Prospect
Puffer
Parkview Ave
Pay ton
Pollard
Picking up Papers.
Queen
COST.
17 71
10 86
24 09
3 9°
14 17
53 42
37 13
20 73
40 63
1 04
10 73
6 85
5 9i
4 24
185 74
23 92
21 06
47 02
10 88
42 23
3 89
132 18
61 25
.8 15
18 99
65 01
61 78
8 91
2 05
38 22
4 56
2 38
421 93
23 88
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
II
CLEANING STREETS.— Continued.
NAME OF STREET.
Railroad
Ralph
Read
Riverside
Robbins
Rock
Rogers
Rolfe
Royal
Race
Roberts
Robinson
Richards
Richmond
Ross Ave
Salem
Sa rgent
Sayles
Schaffer
School
Second
Second Ave . .
Seventh
Seventh Ave.
Shaw
Sheldon
Sherman
Simpson
Sixth
Sixth Ave
Smith
South
So. Canton..
So. Highland
So. Loring. . .
So. Whipple .
COST.
12 80
2 27
35 78
59 5 2
35 65
42 89
151 98
8 03
26 81
14 84
12 61
4 35
29 75
1 04
2 17
61 70
H 45
!° 75
8 03
179 17
17 89
15 43
16 28
17 49
50 82
13 38
29 97
6 41
53 59
27 29
100 70
52 9 T
10 72
8 90
20 31
21 95
NAME OF STREET.
Spalding
Stackpole
Stevens
Suffolk
Summer
Swift
Sutherland
Stanley
State
Sidney
Somerset
Smith Ave
Stedman
Starbird
St. James
Sanders Ave
Standish
So. Common
Saratoga
Talbot
Tanner
Tenth..
Third
Third Ave..
Thirteenth . .
Thorndike . .
Tilden
Tucker
Twelfth
Tyler
Tremont
Tolman Ave
Tyler Park..
Totman
Union.
COST.
7 49
44 43
215 48
16 24
50 77
2 38
18 88
i4 97
10 97
10 95
3 20
4 34
17 16
25 2T
5 12
4 57
4 34
37 13
11 19
14 5 6
21 71
42 15
119 90
J 9 53
21 51
126 08
22 52
10 79
i7 35
33 o7
20 15
6 05
109 16
2 40
26 20
12
REPORT OF THE
CLEANING STEETS.— Continued.
NAME OF STREET.
Varney
Varnum
Varnum Ave
Vernon
Victoria
Watchusett
White
Walker
Walnut
Wamesit
Wannalancit
Ware .
Warwick
Washington
Watson
West (Centralville)
West (Ayer's City).
West nth
West 5th...
West 4th
West 9th
West 6th
West 3rd
COST.
10 94
25 18
134 18
21 49
2 06
15 3 2
27 39
118 69
J 5 33
16 74
13 5 2
6 72
27 60
20 10
8 79
!9 33
4 34
4 02
8 58
10 64
4 13
61 02
21 28
NAME OF STREET.
Western Ave
Westford
Whipple
Worthen
Willard
Willow
Wyman
Ward...
Whitney Ave
West Bowers
Willie
Wentworth Ave
Willie Ave
Woodward Ave
Wilder
West Adams
Winter
Windsor
Winthrop Ave
Waverly Ave
Wright
Walden
COST.
33 x 9
184 21
21 87
63 i7
18 47
25 i5
4i 93
13 59
17 89
3 97
21 24
74 69
16 77
4 78
166 57
12 37
15 64
11 41
4 57
10 31
2 37
4 5 6
Total Cost $12,202 66
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
13
SWEEPING STREETS.
NAME OF STREET.
Adams
Andover
Anne.
Appleton
Arch
Branch
Bridge
Broadway
Cabot
Central
Chelmsford .
Church
Concord . . .
Crosby
Charles
Dutton. . .
Davidson
E. Merrimack.
Fayette
First
Fletcher
George . .
Gorham .
Green . . .
Hale...
Howard .
Hurd...
Jackson.
COST.
167 61
47 81
28 60
148 24
J 3 5 1
117 91
229 21
13 22
71 21
42 72
414 20
95 53
38 37
62 39
4 97
256 14
58 35
182 05
66 08
73 34
159 48
24 94
347 58
26 03
82 79
68 49
30 13
131 20
NAME OF STREET.
Kirk
Lakeview .
Lawrence .
Lee
Mammoth Road
Market
Merrimack
Middlesex
Moody
Mt. Vernon
Middle
New Moody.
Pawtucket . .
Pleasant ....
Palmer
Salem. . .
School...
Shattuck.
Suffolk..
Thorndike.
Walker
Warren
Western Ave.
Westford
Worthen
Williams
COST.
! 2
20
442
99
344
20
2
20
89
40
33 1
10
208
29
59
28
28
09
59
55
11
04
41 63
222
93
16
25
4
30
87 56
x 43
42
4
32
4
40
192
27
95
06
12
76
157
^3
I 3
23
106
90
32
13
Total Cost $5,7i5 43
14
REPORT OF THE
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
December 3 1
Schedule of Personal
1904.
2 Machine Augers
4 Adzes
57 Blankets
51 Street Blankets
1 Bridge Auger
69 Curry Combs
50 Horse Brushes
3 Clocks
4 Coal Hods
1 Pair Climbing Spurs
4 Coal Stoves
41 Old Collars
4 Hand Rollers
4 Sets Dump Cart Har-
nesses
1 13 Lanterns
9 Single Sleds
26 Double Sleds
3 Derricks
23 Drilling Spoons
150 Feet Birch Boards
35 Sets Double Harnesses
4 Driving Sleighs
6 Buggies and Wagons. . .
9 Driving Harnesses
23 Double Carts
2 Double Jiggers
1 Double Stone Wagon...
2 Lumber Wagons
1 Single Lumber Wagon..
12 Single Dump Carts
4 2-wheel Dump Carts. . .
2 Single Jiggers
2 Fire Pails
43 Feed Baskets
Property belonging to the Street Department
* I
00
4
00
114
00
102
00
5o
17
25
75
00
3
00
2
00
1
25
13
00
57
40
20
00
80
00
113
00
300
00
1,500
00
150
00
5
06
8
00
875
00
200
00
800
00
164
00
2,300
00
200
00
25
00
300
00
15
00
1,300
00
200
00
150
00
8
5o
33 °°
250 Feet Fire Hose
5 Feed Boxes
167 Grade Stakes
2,3 Tons Hay
41 Draught Horses
7 Driving Horses
200 Loads Sand
700 Bushels Oats
35 Mane Brushes
1 Set Dies and Plates
2 Tons Straw
3 Stone Drag
52 Street Signs
3 Horse Covers
53 Halters
2 Hay Cutters
614 Snow Shovels
10 Stone Forks
ti Sets Sighting Sticks
4 Iron Squares
1 2 Hay Forks
1 Hand Cart
10 Brooms for Sweeper. . .
16 Snow Plows
5 Tape Measures
3 Sparrow Wagons
7 Sparrow Carts
3 2-horse Street Sweepers.
800 Lbs. Rock Salt
300 Lbs. Horse Food
90 Bushels Corn
1 Engine, Boiler, Stone
Crusher and Building at
ledge
40 Feet Corner Stone
$75 00
25 00
2 50
660 00
8,200 00
1 ,000 00
300 00
350 00
15 00
75 °°
50 00
15 00
52 00
9 00
53 °°
15 00
307 00
5 00
5 °°
3 °°
6 00
15 00
91 00
160 00
5 °o
75 00
20 00
300 00
16 00
4-5o
54 00
2,500 00
27 50
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
15
8000 Feet Spruce Lumber
500 Feet Spruce Matched
Boards. . .
215 Feet } inch Rubber
Hose
153 Feet I inch Rope
100 Feet J inch Rope
14 Gallons Harness Oil...
3 Steam Road Rollers
1 2-Horse Dirt Scraper. . .
5 Tons Coal
.1 Steam Heating Boiler...
8000 Feet Oak Plank
195 Pick Handles
39 Stone Chains
17 Striking Hammers
1 Blacksmith Shop and
Tools at Ledge
3 Steam Drills
3000 Exploders
38 Iron Pails
92 Square Pointed Shovels
120 Feet Drill Steel
61 Iron Rakes
8 Paving Mauls
26 Stone Hammers
13 Frost Hammers
30 Stone Wedges
18 Tin Dippers
54 Crow Bars
22 Kegs Wire Spikes
5 Trowels
284 Picks
18 Axes
5 Kegs Wire Nails
14 Tool Boxes
6 Claw Hammers
147 Hand Drills
120 Stone Points
^160 00
10 00
20 00
1 25
1 00
7 00
,000 00
20 00
35 00
570 00
458 00
19 00
39 °°
34 00
75
500
90
24
41
50
24
10
52
26
6
1
54
5i
3
275
9
1 3
140
29
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00
00
00
00
00
00
40
00
00
00
60
80
00
70
00
00
00
50
00
00
40
00
13 Hand Saws
42 Boxes Dynamite
180 Push Brooms
12 Water Pails
1 1 5-Gallon Oil Cans
9 2-Gallon Oil Cans
3 Derrick Chains
7 Spreaders and Chains.. -
1 Manure Fork
6 Gallons Blue Paint
1 Set Light Double Har-
ness
I Pair Rubber Boots
125 Hoes
20 Frost Wedges
23 Wheelbarrows
8 Long Handle Shovels...
4 Batteries and Wires
9 Spirit Levels
4 Cross Cut Saws
I I Tamping Bars
1 Portable Crusher
1 Heavy Set Falls and
Rope
2 Pair Pipe Tongs
5 Ladders
13 Heavy Single Harnesses
318 Round Pointed Shovels
7 Tackle Blocks
1 Set Tackle Blocks and
Rope
I Georgia Pine Bridge
Timber
II Dozen Lantern Globes
18 Corn Brooms
1 Road Cutter Machine . .
2 Hard Pan Road Plows.
2 Plows
1 Single Express Wagon . .
3> 5
50
630
00
124
20
4
80
5
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2
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3
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14
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6
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5o
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3
25
66
25
15
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23
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10
50
70
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4
50
14
00
11
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1,500
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9
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3
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25
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260
00
159
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7
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10 00
11 00
2 25
125 00
20 00
10 00
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1 1 Stone Hand Sets
4 Plush Robes
2 Cant Hooks
1 200 Pounds Shorts
8 Bags Salt
133 Hammer Handles
1800 Tons Crushed Stone
36 Hand Pans
28 Push Pans
7 Screens
1 Pung
9 Cans Albany Grease
2 Sod Cutters
2 Boxes Green Mountain
Salve
4 Wheel Jacks
13 Cart Spreaders
2 Pair Cart Shafts
5 Gallons Turpentine
2 Claw Bars
126 Feet Pine Boards
Old Flagging
no Gallons Kerosene. ... .
51 pounds Soap
30 Sponges
1 Kerosene Tank."
1 Grind Stone
6 Buffalo Robes
6 Ice Picks
6 Muzzles
3 Axe Handles
4 Small Oil Cans
55 Gallons Cylinder Oil. .
35 Barrels Machine Oil..
4 Monkey Wrenches
45 Long Handled Snow
Shovels
6 Drill Pumps
7 Forks
REPOKT OF THE
$ 5 50 i Chain Fall Set $ 7 00
4 00 751 Feet 1 j inch Iron Pipe 10 00
1 00 9 Plow Points 75
1 2 00 Set Runners for Express
8 00 Wagon 10 00
13 00 4 Pinch Bars 4 00
1,800 00 20 Feet Stone Flagging... 10 00
27 00 26 Drag Planks 2600
56 00 25 Feet White Wood
30 00 Sheathing 4 50
1 5 °° I 5 I Feet Edgestones 60 40
18 00 10 Wheelbarrow Trays 7 50
1 00 4 Gallons Harness Dressing 5 00
2 Stilsom Wrenches 3 5°
1 2 00 6 Drill Hose 60 00
16 00 150 Sets Shims and Wedges 5 00
6 50 1 Dozen Paint Brushes... 3 50
16 00 2 Gallons Axle Oil 45
6 00 1 Blacksmith's Shop and. .
1 00 Tools 500 00
3 00 1500 Paving Blocks 105 00
100 00 1 Vise 10 00
1 1 00 1 New Cart Body 25 00
12 75 400 Feet Hemlock Plank. 20 00
14 00 4 2-bushel Baskets 2 00
45 00 6 Peen Hammers 9 00
5 oc 1 Hand Axe 75
100 00 29 Garbage Barrels 145 00
3 00 2 Cans Polish 2 50
6 00 6 Cans Reed's Polish 24 00
30 1 Carpenter Shop 100 00
1 00 '130 Sparrow Brooms 42 90
16 00 5 Sets Springs for Steam
17 00 Roller 23 50
4 00 10 Bushings 35 00
12 Packages Gold Dust... 3 00
25 00 1 Set Wire Stretchers 1 50
6 00 Horse Medicine 40 00
3 50 10 Iron Bars 15 00
SUPERINTENDENT" OF STREETS.
17
J Barrel Axle Grease $24 00
3 Dozen Tuttle's Elixir... 12 00
3 Tons Coal 18 00
14 Axes 12 00
3 Dozen Bells and Straps 23 00
4 Lifting Hooks 6 00
50 Pounds Copper Waste. 1 00
8 Whips 14 00
1 Set Front Wheels 50 00
2 Brick Hammers 1 60
6 Paving Hammers 4 00
8 Wooden Mauls 800
Harness Shop and Stock.. 50 00
Office Fixtures 150 00
1 2 Whiffletrees and Chains 6 00
1 Vise 8 00
1 Set Platform Scales 300 00
3 Steam Roller Grates 15 00
100 Feet i-inch Rope 3 00
5 Sets Steam Drill 'Steel. . 250 00
PERSONAL
Schedule of Personal Property
Department, December 31, 1904.
22 Horses $ 2,200 00
12 Sets Double Harnesses 325 00
22 Halters 17 00
24 Collars 50 00
13 Sprinkling Carts I ?95° °°
1 Monkey Wrench 75
2 Neck Yokes 2 00
5 Double Carts 500 00
24 Feed Baskets 10 00
2 Pair Tongs 4 00
2 Step Ladders 5 00
36 Horse Brushes 18 00
1 1 Curry Combs 2 00
1 Large Stillson Wrench.. 1 00
10 Pails 2 50
2 Manure Wheelbarrows.. $10 00
1 Old Kerosene Tank 5 00
10 Wooden Pails 5 00
30 Grub Axes.* 45 00
3 Steam Roller Tool Boxes
and Tools 30 00
18 Hand Hammers jo 80
45 Gallons Axle Oil 5 00
18 Bound Stones 23 76
8 Chestnut Posts 2 40
2 New Boats 50 00
300 Feet Michigan Pine.. 21 00
300 Feet Georgia Pine... 9 00
3 Rolls Barbed Wire 6 00
2 Forges 5 00
1 Steam Roller Box and
Castings 100 00
265 Barn Brooms 13 25
.2,797 97
PROPERTY.
belonging to the Street Watering
4 00
8 00
1 Feed Truck
8 Shut-off Wrenches
I 4-quart Measure 50
44 Blankets 140 00
II Sponges 5 50
11 Pounds Soap 2 75
1 Hydrant Valve 16 00
6 2-inch Valves 24 00
6 Lengths Iron Pipe 9 00
3 Wagon Jacks 15 00
4 Street Car Hydrants 260 00
17 Street Car Hydrants
Complete 1,870 00
,442 00
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REPORT OF THE
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Schedule of Personal Property belonging to the Boulevard,
December 31, 1904.
1 Sprinkling Cart $225 00
23 Grass Signs 2 50
6 Stone Forks 3 00
6 Iron Rakes 2 50
9 Hoes 4 50
8 Lawn Mowers 15 20
8 Scythe Snaths
4 Sickles
2 Sod Cutters
1 Sand Screen
1 Spirit Level
1 Pair Edging Shears
1 Grind Stone
1 Storehouse 250 00
3 Wheelbarrows 3 75
2 Wooden Mallets 1 00
2 Hand Sprinklers 2 00
1 Wooden Maul 50
00
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25
00
50
5o
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2 Tree Trimmers $ 2 00
12 Wooden Rakes 5 00
4 Sparrow Brooms 1 00
1 Pick 60
7 Round Pointed Shovels. 7 00
6 Square Pointed Shovels. 3 60
2 Lanterns 1 00
3 Sighting Sticks 50
1 Windmill 2,500 00
1 Hand Saw 75
1 Hammer 50
2 Axes 1 50
10 Scythes 10 00
4 Hay Forks 3 00
3 Ladders 15 00
$3,078 65
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
19
Schedule of Personal Property belonging to the Sewer Department,
December 31, 1904.
40 Parts of Old Grates...
$ 52 00
20 Crow Bars
20 00
10 Crabs for Shear Poles .
250 00
281 Feet Drain Pipe
34 7 2
Water Barrels
Q OO
7 Mortar Beds
7 00
15 00
60 00
3 Sand Screens
212 Catch Basin Steps
18 Square Feet Packing..
3 °°
1 Pipers Dye and Stock . .
18 00
6 Tool Boxes for Boilers..
24 00
2 Pairs Tongs
4 00
12 Hydrant Wrenches
12 00
14 Jack Bars
4 00
1 Paving Maul
3 00
3 Portable Forges
200 00
16 Tool Boxes
160 00
2 Sewer Wheelbarrows
2 00
2 Dutchmen for Hydrants
25 00
< j Wooden Rolls ....
2 25
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5 Houses for Engines
6 Batteries and Wires. . . .
I20 OO
9 Steam Drills and Tools.
2,000 OO
7 Mason's Trowels
7 00
400 Feet Drill Steel
112 OO
9 Caulking Tools
4 20
4 Hand Drill Hammers...
2 OO
6 Tape Lines
8 00
5 Pounds Shims and
Wedges
3 5o
42 Striking Hammers
84 00
19 Stone Hammers
3^ °°
4 Frost Hammers
12 00
2 Fiddle Blocks
11 00
100 Pick Handles..*.
10 00
13 Sheave Blocks $ 1
12 Catch Basin Dippers.. 3
12 Sheathing Caps 28
10 Iron Mauls 10
18 Wooden Mauls 18
12 Sets Shear Poles 120
1 Pair Pipe Shear Poles . . 50
1 Trainer Transmitter
Sewer Machine 2,000
1 7 Jack Screws 34
7 Kegs 30 Penny Nails... 11
102 Lanterns 51
10 Pairs Long Rubber
Boots \ 70
12 Iron Pails
550 Feet J inch Rubber
Hose
1 Set Branding Irons. ....
19 Hoes 9
6 Post Hole Scoops 12
215 Round Point Shovels. 146
190 Square Point Shovels. 150
2150 Feet Old Rope 60
3000 Feet Sewer Lumber. 450
7 Marine Pumps 84
1 20 Feet Large Pump Hose 1 50
1 60- Gallon Oil Can 7
3 Steam Drill Pumps 3
20 Drilling Spoons 10
8 Hand Saws 8
10 Barrels Hoffman
Cement 13
53 Barrels Portland
Cement 92
3 Adzes 11
12
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5 Hatchets
22 Packages Carriage
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5 Spirit Levels
i Steel Square
12 Measuring Sticks
6 Gallons Blue Paint
4 Claw Hammers
21 Padlocks
25 Feet Steam Drill Pack-
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1 Box Repairs for Marine
Pumps
3 Strainers for Marine
Pumps
6 Monkey Engines
3 Lidgewood Engines
1 Hoadley Engine
1 Webb- Watson Engine...
6 Sets of Engineer's Boxes
1 Upright Boiler
2 Derricks
3 Submerged Pumps
2 Pile Drivers
3 Driving Horses
4 Draught Horses
1 Concord Wagon
1 Light Sleigh
1 Single Truck
4 Single Sleds
5 i-Horse Dump Carts...
1 Double Truck
7 Stable Blankets
7 Street Blankets
4 Grub Axes
370 Picks
14 Large Chains
5 Steam Drill Tool Boxes
REPORT OF THE
$ 6 00 12 Spanner Wrenches. .. . $ 8 50
5 00 1 Large Hose Nozzle 12 00
1 Set Tap and Dies 15 00
22 00 21 Sling Chains 10 50
6 90 7 Sets Tackles and Falls.. 35 00
1 00 200 Gallons Kerosene.... 24 00
1 2 00 3 Neck Yokes • 6 00
1 2 00 107 Wooden Pails 9 63
2 00 4 Frost Wedges 400
21 co 3 Pipe Vises 45 00
25 Hand Drills 6 00
3 00 2 Row Boats 30 00
7 Sheathing Pulleys 21 00
2 5 00 6 Iron Tampers 3 60
12 Scoop Handles 2 64
3 25 7 Cross Cut Saws 14 00
3 75 24 Iron Wheelbarrows 72 00
2,700 00 500 Feet Canada Matched
350 00 Boards 16 00
500 00 300 Feet Spruce Matched
24 00 Boards 5 25
250 00 2 Roll Canvass 100 00
500 00 4 Manhole Covers 39 98
400 00 4 Track Grates 32 00
150 00 1 Length Iron Pipe 24 00
. 300 00 5 Single Harnesses 100 00
800 00 2 Light Harnesses 40 00
225 00 1 Express Wagon 125 00
55 00 25,000 Brick 327 50
50 00 7 Halters 7 00
200 00 2 Tons Coal 15 00
400 00 1 Stove 5 00
300 00 1 Work Bench 5 00
22 00 1 Box Rollers 2 50
22 00 2 Tool Boxes for Boilers.. 8 00
2 50 5 Rolls Tar Paper 5 00
277 50 1 Paving Hammer 1 50
54 00 2 Small Tool Houses 40 00
20 00 6 Sets Wires for Batteries. 12 00
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1 Set Blacksmith's Tools. 10 00
4 Anvils 21 00
12 Oil Cloth Suits 27 60
40 Feet 2\ inch Hose 25 00
6 Oil Cans 525
1 Paint Brush 25
4 Sets Engineer's Tools... 18 00
1 Tool House and Fixtures 3,000 00
1 Table 8 00
1 2-Wheel Dump Cart. ... 40 00
2- Boxes Steam Fittings... 15 00
1 Bolt Cutter 8 00
1 Sprinkling Can 75
25 Feet Plug Steel 375
1 Vise ; 10 00
4 Water Tubs 2 00
2 Hand Drills 16 00
6 Pairs Short Boots 18 00
39 Grates 513 00
89 Lantern Globes , . . 625
4 Edgestone Castings 8 00
6 Long Handle Shovels... 4 00
1 Scythe Snath 2 00
600 Feet Wrought Iron
Pipe 75 00
50 Loads Sand
3 Ejectors
1 Pile Driver
1 Oil Tank
125 Feet Steam Drill Hose
1 Force Pump
1 Stillson Wrench
1 Sewer Cleaning Machine
•5 Manhole Castings
1 Magazine
1 Box Steam Drill Fixtures
6 Boxes Packing
2 Dynamite Heaters
6 Diaphrams for Pumps. -
15 Bags Salt
30 Boxes Exploders
600 Feet 2 J inch Hydrant
Hose
2 Manhole Castings
5 Claw Bars
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5 Plank Cutters
4 Water Proof Covers. . . .
vt>75 00
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75 °°
45 °°
^7 50
17 00
2 50
750 00
67 50
375 °°
300 00
18 50
5 °°
5 °°
15 00
157 00
360 00
3° °°
5 °°
5 °°
12 00
>22,3i3 47
PERSONAL PROPERTY RECAPITULATION.
Street Department $42,797 97
Street Watering 7,442 00
Boulevard 3>°78 65
Sewer Department 22,313 47
$75,632 09
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REPORT OF THE
PAVING GUTTERS
STREET.
COST.
LENGTH
IN FEET.
Bartlett $39 38
Bowers 60 50
Beech 14 38
Crowley 12 20
Chestnut. 14 38
Elliott 36 31
Eaton 6 66
Fort Hill Ave 46 09
Grove 98 21
Howard 159 95
High 25 00
Hastings. - 115 72
Ina 36 80
Lincoln 135 61
Loring 3 88
Livingston 87 69
Liberty 34 00
Myrtle ! 3 32
Meadowcroft 65 27
Moore 21 66
Otis 33 70
Pine 88 96
Plain 10 00
Plymouth 66 87
Powell 14 06
Stevens 197 32
Sidney 14 50
Sixth 13 60
South Whipple 2 25
School 132 54
Sherman 46 00
Shaw 481
Westford ! 95 25
$33 2
520
88
5i
280
260
5o
565
735
1172
150
1021
300
1140
30
54o
201
15
790
480
260
535
7i
288
75
95i
267
100
12
1410
260
54
635
$1,736 87! 13,638
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
REPAYING GUTTERS.
2 3
Chestnut
Dover
Durant
Fourth
Foster
High
John
Loring
Marshall
Marlborough
Moore
Sixth
Tenth
Third
West Third..
STREET.
OI
LENGTH
IN FEET.
$509 85
280
97
20
560
100
125
138
34o
7 1
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400
1220
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1400
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5,106
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REPORT OF THE
REPAYING STREETS.
STREET.
Bridge
Branch
Chelmsford
Central
East Merrimack.
Fletcher
Gorham
Howard
Lake view Ave. . .
Merrimack
Middlesex
Market
Prescott
Tanner
$3,006 47
COST.
AREA IN
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$109
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427
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20
76
37
198
45 2
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99
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43 6
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484
814
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26
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95
127
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166
38
349
237
63
692
308
99
898
343
62
444
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STREET.
LABOR.
STOCK.
AREA IX
YARDS.
Concord . . .
Merrimack
Market
Middlesex.
Worthen...
Iio7 74
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83 70
92 44
91 40
>i54 46
205 60
121 91
J 95 2 7
168 41
299
398
236
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$845 65
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LOCATION.
LINEAR
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Chelmsford
Marshall
Mammoth Road .
Maple
Powder Magazine
Poor Farm
$13 28
454 37
426 32
512 00
309 27
42 48
54
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288
100
217
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REPAIRING BRIDGES.
STREET.
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Bridge
Bridge
Cabot
Congress
Lundberg
Market
Lawrence
Mood}"
Market
Newhall
Pawtucket
School
COST
$142 12
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3 5o
1 75
!0 59
32 75
60 64
406 88
7 88
5 63
' 75
11 25
95 55
$786 20
PAVING AIKEN STREET BRIDGE
STOCK.
Labor per pay rolls
Filing Saws
Pitching and Tarring
Waterproof Covering
Spikes
Castings
Pitch
Insurance
Lunch
Paving Blocks
Lumber
Total Cost $12,115 26
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369
92
920
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137
60
61
17
41
28
175
21
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1,898
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BUILDING FENCES.
STREET.
COST.
By - . .
. $125 4i
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237 45
21 26
Bridge
Chelmsford
Lincoln
Mammoth Road
27 86
20 38
101 63
$582 12
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Truant School
RELAYING CROSSINGS.
STREETS.
LOCATION.
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Cabot '.
Central
Central
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Middlesex...
Moore
South
Tyler
Tyler
Willie
Westford . . .
Worthen
Wilder
Worthen
French St
Hall St
Cheever St
Middlesex St....
B. & M. Station
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Lewis St
Central St
Sidney St
Summer St
No. 61
George St
Broadway
Foster
No. 335
Broadway
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LENGTH
COST.
IN FEET.
$IO
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40
22
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80
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50
38
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170
45
37
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29
64
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77
68
19
72
72
18
57
70
21
63
72
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63
68
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$ 34 10
139 62
75
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Alder
Bartlett
Broadway
Central
Centre
Cabot
East Merrimack
John
Fayette
High
Hurd
Lee
Middlesex | 107 61
Merrimack
Moody
Market
Mvrtle
Suffolk
South 38
William
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90
7i 33
61 09
5o 25
28 13
23 38
!9 2 5
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85
94
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73
89
$670 68
AREA IN
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Il6
697
4
17
28
18
309
264
152
108
61
126
327
108
55
41
5
20
211
62
2,729
REMOVING SNOW.
January.'. $16,021 42
February 21,207 I2
March 6,765 43
November 53 ^8
December 831 51
$44,878 86
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CLEANING STREETS.
MONTH.
January . .
February..
March
April
May
June
July
August. . . .
September.
* 831
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1,648
1,724
October | 1,785
November 1 ,022
December 86
CLEANING.
SWEEPING.
08
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20
93
72
27
75
>I2,200 67
* 479 97
746 86
623 31
626 82
606 64
671 61
611 32
579 53
683 11
86 26
$5,715 43
SPARROW
GANG.
$I,68l 26
1,231 50
i,473 OI
i,557 61
1,840 77
1,810 37
1,843 60
1,982 76
1,893 21
1,820 68
1,949 00
1,856 44
120,940 21
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GRADING STREETS.
STREET.
Auburn
Ardell
Butman Road (Cinders)
By
Barker
Billings
Butler Ave
Burgess
Blossom
B
Christian
Clitheroe (Cinders)
Campaw
Columbus Ave
Cottage
Carter
Canada
Cross
Dover
Dunfey
Dalton
Essex
Exeter
Ennell
Fourth Ave
Foster
Fort Hill Ave
Highland Ave
Hildreth
Hudson
Hastings
Inland
Ina
King
Livingston
Livingston Ave
Lincoln
Liberty
Lipton
5ii
65
J 5°
10
78
12
LENGTH.
IN FEET.
SUPERINTENDENT OE STREETS.
GRADING STREETS — Continued.
37
STREET.
Lawrence
Ludlam
Maple (Cinders) . .
Maple
Merrill
Nicollet
Oakland
Olive
Prospect
Parker
Railroad
Sutherland
Sarah Ave
School
Smith
Stevens
Sanders Ave
Sixth Ave
Third (Cinders) . . .
Third
Tenth
West Sixth
West London
West (Centralville)
Worthen
Willow
West (Ayer's City) .
COST.
LENGTH
IN FEET.
$109 75
300
259 09
555
J5 1 94
1,000
I »774 53
945
21 25
108
17 25
5o
191 91
75o
27 00
144
12 75
100
37' 00
60
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834
36 00
225
649 15
420
280 73
1,080
63 09
664
2,070 64
4,230
122 34
250
128 25
45°
J 45 63
479
5i 38
150
5i 72
300
128 82
200
40 92
140
413 16
805
321 96
846
65 90
58i
55 25
235
115,619 92
36,315
3»
REPORT OF THE
CINDER SIDEWALKS.
STREET.
Avon
Adams
Blodgett
Bertram
By
Broadway
Boyleston
Blossom
Barker
B
Crawford
Chelmsford..
Chestnut
Dalton
Everett
Essex
Exeter
Fourth Ave...
Georgia Ave..
Grace
Gorham
Grand
Gates
Gershom Ave
Houghton
Holyrood Ave
Hildreth
Highland Ave
Hale
Inland
Jenness
Libert}'
Lincoln
Ludlam
Lipton
Lagrange
Magnolia
Mt. Grove...
Mt. Hope
Main
COST.
25
13 06
28 47
38 42
101 39
3 2 2 5
262 47
79 00
36 22
2 81
159 88
187 56
6 50
19 88
9 75
75 01
56 34
41 12
n 69
8 69
21 25
16 13
15 12
59 81
16 37
17 53
58 11
214 66
5 63
59 67
140 93
8 68
70 19
10 44
62 38
13 82
29 05
77 94
35 <=>6
72 38
LENGTH
IN FEET.
560
282
750
458
I,8oo
475
1,776
2,396
475
100
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96
330
225
624
369
2,783
400
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690
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J 75
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1,500
2,347
200
650
2,334
270
2,089
213
810
295
228
555
525
1,700
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
CINDER SIDEWALKS — Continued.
STREET.
Mead
Oakland
Otis
Pine
Reservoir
Riverside
Sanders Ave
Sixth Ave
South Highland
Shaw
St. James
Sidney
Suffolk Court. .
Sarah Ave
Tanner
Varnum Ave
Wilder
Westford
White
29 50
i7 53
38 62
61 69
88 01
2 3 38
39 57
62 47
3 66
4 35
3 62
35 2 5
9 6 3
59 °°
113 75
3 6 97
61 50
4 5 6
61 69
$2,979 66
LENGTH
IN FEET.
8lO
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464
725
543
156
375
35o
50
90
50
780
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1,100
500
900
180
1,000
42,190
40
REPORT OF THE
CONCRETE CROSSINGS REPAIRED IN 1904.
STREET.
LOCATION,
Belmont At
Chambers
Chester
Dover
Edson
Eighth
Eighth
Elliott
Grove
Holyrood Ave.
Holyrood Ave.
Hovey
Hovey
Kimball Ave..
Lawson
Madison
Mansur
Mansur
Marlborough..
Middlesex
Princeton
Read .
Read
Simpson
Sixth
Wilder
Wilder
Pine St., hard concrete
Pine Hill St., hard top dressing
Princeton St., hard top dressing. . .
Branch St., hard concrete
Westford St., hard top dressing
Methuen St., hard concrete
Methuen St., hard top dressing
Middlesex St., hard concrete
Coral St., hard concrete
Hovey St., hard top dressing
Hovey St., hard concrete
Wentworth Ave., hard concrete
Wentworth Ave., hard top dressing
Queen St., hard top dressing
Queen St., hard top dressing
Gorham St., hard concrete
Wentworth Ave., hard concrete . .
Wentworth Ave., hard top dressing
Pine St., hard concerte
Wilder St., hard top dressing
Wilder St., hard top dressing
N. S. Sixth St., hard top dressing.
S. S. Sixth St., hard top dressing..
Third St., hard concrete
Read St., hard top dressing
Middlesex St., hard top dressing...
Princeton St., hard top dressing...
COST.
31 80
15 4i
24 36
39 30
19 38
10 85
2 3 45
37 00
33 37
41 70
4 40
3 48
1 3 3°
27 79
15 80
7 10
15
90
15
22 26
24 64
23 80
30 70
27 02
37 17
12 18
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41
4
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19
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4
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35
34
30
38
53
17
650.6
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
41
RESOLUTIONS PASSED BUT SIDEWALKS NOT COM
PLETED.
STREET.
LOCATION.
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pass'd
LIN. FT. OF
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LAID
Genoa Ave
King
Both sides Sarah Ave. to Bod well
Ave., edge and cinders
W.'S. from Middlesex St. to Jack-
son St., eds;e and cinders
1904
1904
1,198.00
206.OO
1,464.00
CONCRETE PAVEMENT REPAIRED IN 1904.
STREET.
LOCATION.
COST.
SQ.
YDS.
Bridge
B. S. Between Merrimack Square and
Central Bridge (Bicycle Path)
hard top dressing
$ 89 88
in 30
296 40
244 65
194 60
128.4
Chelmsford . . .
Pawtucket
E. S. Bicycle Path, hard top dressing
S. S. Between School and Mt. Vernon
Sts
159.O
442.4
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N. S. Between School and Salem Sts.
S. S. Between Mt. Washington and
Salem Sts
349-5
278-0
$936 83
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42 REPORT OF THE
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS REPAIRED IN 1904.
Aiken
Bartlett....
a
Belmont. . .
Branch
Bridge
Chambers..
Charles
Chelmsford
Chestnut
Coburn
Cushing
Davidson
Dover
it
E. Merrimack.
Elliott..
First.
Fort Hill Ave.
Franklin
Front
Gates
Hastings
High..
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Jefferson
Kitson...
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W
s.
s.
N.
s. :
w.
. s.
s.
s.
. s.
s.
E.
From Moody St., northerly
Between High and Alder Sts
From Alder St. easterly
No. 3
No. 16 :
Between No. 881 and Thirteenth
St
X.
E.
N.
W.
W.
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s. :
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W.
w.
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N.
S.
S.
s.
s.
s.
s.
At Training School House
Between Westford and Howard
Sts
Between High and Ash St
Between Lakeview Ave. and
Jewett St
From Clapp's Stable, westerly. .
Near East Merrimack
Between Grove and Branch Sts.
a a tt tt a
From High St., easterly
Between Stackpole and Brown
Sts
No. 364
S. From No. 9, easterly
S. Front No. 65
. S. Between Andover and Oak Sts.
S. At Willie St
. and N. Sides
. S. From Marshall St., easterly
S
s.
s.
. s.
s.
At East Merrimack St
Between East Merrimack and
Bartlett Sts
At Chestnut St
$12 82
222 67
18 27
5 69
2 02
2 70
1 3 5o
1 80
9 81
49 42
3 6o
73 4o
9 20
10 21
22 27
18 90
164 56
1 48
55 03
!Q3 57
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27 54
21 46
25 80
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100. 1
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61.2
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25.8
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. 43
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS REPAIRED IN 1904 — Continued.
STREET.
Lakeview Ave.
Marshall
Methuen
Middlesex SS.
Moody
Moore .
Mt. Vernon.
Myrtle
Nesmith . .
Oak
LOCATION.
s. s.
N. S.
E. S.
S. S.
N. S.
N. S.
N. S.
W. S.
E. S.
E. S.
W. S.
From Front St., easterly and
No. 64
Between Carlton and Gates Sts.
Between Seventh and Tenth Sts
Between Howard St. and R. R
Crossing
Front No. 187
From Aiken St., westerly
Between Gorham and Bleachery
Sts
Front No. 115
Between Third and Sixth Sts.
From Third St., northerly
From East Merrimack St.,
southerly
S. S.
N. S.
Pine IN.S.
Queen W. S.
Read AY. S.
Sixth S. S.
N. S.
Smith W. S.
South . .
. . . w. s.
E. S.
Front No. 4
At A. T. Smith's
Between Lawson and Somerset
Sts
Front No. 56
From Read St., easterly
Between Fremont and Beacon. .
Between Branch and Westford
Sts
Between Appleton and Summer
Sts
Between Middlesex and Apple
ton Sts
So. Nichols.
Stevens
E. S.
E. S.
E. S.
Summer N. S.
Third N. S.
Tremont \Y. S.
Varnum \Y. S.
Between Princeton and West
ford Sts
Between Princeton and Middle
sex Sts
From South St., westerly. ......
From Myrtle St., easterly
Between Moody and Merrimack
Sts
At Sixth St
COST.
$5
16
26
02
54
81
2
65
20
10
5
58
11
25
1
66
11
30
34
33
22
09
17
10
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65
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7
6
83
16
54
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08
11
65
45
94
84 64
9 67
9 09
49
2 3
4
41
35
10
12
2
64
67
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II. 7
35-6
121. 8
5-9
20.1
12.4
25.0
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70-3
49- 1
38.0
8.1
4-9
17.4
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120.8
42.4
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102. 1
167.8
21.5
20.2
109.4
9.8
78.0
22.1
8.9
44 REPORT OF THE
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS REPAIRED IN 1904 — Continued.
STREET.
WentworthAve
Westford
Willie
Worthen . .
Whitney Ave.
location.
E.S.
N. S.
w. s.
E.S.
E.S.
W. S.
E.S.
W.S.
S. s.
Near Hovey St
At Foster St
Front No. 91
At Franklin St
Between Broadway and Kitson
Sts
Between Broadway and Kitson
Sts
At Broadway
Between Broadway and Kitson
Sts
COST
$ 94
4 50
4 9°
2 20
25 20
20 25
1 98
72 90
90
SQ.
YDS.
$1,657.61
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CONCRETE SIDEWALKS TOP DRESSED IN 1904.
45
STREET.
Aiken. .
Bartlett
Bridge .
LOCATION.
Central
Chambers . . .
Charles
Chelmsford .
Coburn
Concord .
Cushing. .
Davidson
Dover
W. S.
N. S.
E. S.
E. S.
E. S.
E. S.
W. S.
N. S.
From Moody St., westerly
From Alden St., easterly
Between Seventh and Eighth Sts.
Between Ninth and Tenth Sts . .
Between No. 88 t and Thir-
teenth St
Opposite No. 880
From Chapel St., northerly
E. Merrimack
Edson
Elliott
S. S.
w. s.
|E.S.
E. S.
In. s.
w. s.
w. s.
E. S.
s. s.
w. s.
E. S.
First
Fort Hill Ave.
Foster
Fourth
Franklin
Front
Gibson
At Training School House
Between Westford and Howard
Sts
Between Lakeview Ave. and
Jewett Sts
from Pond St., southerly
From Clapp's Stable, westerly. - .
Near East Merrimack St
Between Grove and Branch Sts.
Between Grove and Branch Sts.
From High St., easterly
Near Westford St
Grove.
Harrison .
High....
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S. and N. Sides, Nos. 9, 65, 12, 18 & 20
W. S. Between Andover and Oak Sts.
W. S. Between Pine and Westford Sts.
S. S. Front No. 71
N. S. At Willie St
W. and N. Sides
W. S
N. S. Between Dover and Wilder Sts.
N. S. Between Manahan and Walker
Sts
W. S
E. S. At Engine House
E. S. From Porter St., northerly
E. S. At East Merrimack St
E. S. Between East Merrimack and
Bartlett Sts
:ost.
12 46
51 66
19 92
64 86
5 1 30
4 20
25 47
89 28
1 85
79 «
68 74
15 42
54 60
3 99
105 57
102 33
10 56
6 37
19 17
48 43
39 27
167 74
3 ° 6
10 22
22.68
46 56
18 51
49 44
35 37
45 56
4 71
11 10
9 15
13 01
27-7
172.2
66.4
216.2
171. o
14.0
84-9
297.6
4-i
263-7
202.5
5i-4
182.0
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63-9
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130.9
545-o
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164.8
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46 REPORT OF THE
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS TOP DRESSED IN 1904 — Cont.
STREET.
James...
Jefferson.
LOCATION.
w. s.
E. S.
E. S.
Kitson
Lake view Ave.
Lane
Mansur
Marlborough..
Merrimack Sq,
Methuen
Middlesex St..
Moody
Moore
Myrtle...
'Nesmith.
Nichols .
Oak....
Pine
Porter..
Princeton.
Salem
Sixth
Smith
Smith Ave
W. S.
N. S.
N. S.
N.S.
N. S.
s. s.
s. s.
E. S.
N.S.
E. S.
W. S.
s. s.
E. S.
N.S.
s. s.
N.S.
N.S.
w. s.
E.S.
W. S.
N.S.
s. s.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
N.S.
s. s.
E. S.
W. S.
E. S.
COST.
From Coburn St., easterly
From Bridge St., westerly
No. 64 and Front St., easterly. .
Between Front St., and No. 94
From Westford St., southerly.,
from No. 68, easterlv
Near Concord River
Between Seventh and Tenth Sts.
Front No. 187
Front No. 472
From Aiken St., westerly
Between Gorham and Bleacherv
Sts
Between Fourth and Sixth Sts. .
Between Third and Sixth Sts . .
From East Merrimack St.,
southerly
Between Gibson and Foster Sts.
Between High St. and Fort Hill
Ave
Between Canton and Wilder Sts.
From Decatur St., easterly
From Fremont St., easterly
From Read St., easterly
Between Branch and Westford
Sts «.
Between Branch and Westford
Sts
$33 06
54 81
45 6o
33 99
23 71
22 58
90 06
16 94
62 16
35 72
5o 43
163 23
150 81
24 12
74 58
59 7i
3 93
12 12
96 72
90 60
64 86
70 47
20 49
78 60
17 97
47 28
24 24
18 27
10 80
3° 2 4
97 02
68 15
55 82
SQ.
YDS.
II0.2
83-5
174.2
152.O
IJ 3-3
52-7
64.2
300.2
50-4
207.2
96.0
168. 1
544-
502.
80.
248.
85-
1 3-
40.4
322.4
302.0
216.2
234-9
39-5
262.0
59-9
157-6
80.8
60.9
36.0
120.8
267.4
201.3
159.8
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. 47
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS TOP DRESSED IN 1904 — Cont.
STREET
Smith Ave.
South
Stevens
Summer.. .
Thorndike.
Tremont..
Varnum .
Westf ord
it
Wilder.
Whitney Ave..
Worthen
LOCATION.
W. S
W. S. Between Appleton and Summer
Sts
E. S. Between Princeton and Middle-
sex Sts
W. S. Between Princeton and Westf ord
Sts
N. S. From South St., westerly
W. S. From Hale St., southerly
W. S. Between Moody and Merrimack
Sts
W. S. At Sixth St
N. S. From Edson St., easterly
S. S. From Burtt St., westerly
S. S. Between Burtt St. and Stevens
St
S. S. Between Marlborough and
Robbins Sts
N. S. Between Stevens and Edson Sts.
W. S. At Middlesex St. . . .'.'
E. S. From Middlesex St., southerly. .
E. and N. Sides
S. S
W. S. Between Broadway and Kitson
St
E. S. Between Broadway and Kitson St
$45 93
30 60
16 41
16 29
2 97
in 78
29 67
4 00
4 26
9 09
43 74
25 29
22 32
5 74
32 49
34 68
7 1 3i
4 35
80 89
$3,683 62
125-5
102.0
54-7
54-3
9-9
360.2
98.9
8.9
14.2
30-3
145-8
84-3
74-4
8.2
108.3
115. 6
237-7
i4-5
269.6
5711.6
48 REPORT OF THE
STREETS LAID OUT AND ACCEPTED IN 1904.
STREET.
LOCATION.
WIDTH
IN FT.
Length
IN FEET.
Barker
Fourth Ave.. .
Genoa Ave
Highland Ave .
Lipton
Street
From Exeter St. to Hovey Ave
" Mount Hope St. to Moody St..
" Sarah Ave. to Bodwell Ave
" Pine St. to Parker St
40
60
40
40
4°
276.1
634.0
619.0
1,381.6
345-o
" Midland St. to Forrest St
Land at Junction of Butman Road,
Hovey St., and Holyrood Ave.
1
3,255-7
or 0.62
Miles
Number of miles of accepted streets January 1, 1904 I2 6-39
Number of miles of streets accepted in 1904 0.62
Number of miles of accepted streets January 1, 1905 127.01
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
RESETTING EDGESTONES.
49
STREET.
Alder
Bartlett
Broadway
Crowley
Chelmsford
Elliott
East Merrimack
Fayette
Grove
Howard
High
Hildreth
Hurd
James.
John..
Livingston . . .
Liberty
Lawrence . . .
Moore
Marshall
Middlesex. . .
Marlborough
Methuen
Meadowcroft
Merrimack. .
Moody
Sixth/
South ,
Stevens
Sixth
YVestford
YVorthen
William
> 26 25
207 47
1 75
13 5o
10 92
69 57
127 37
5 5o
39 8 9
4 38
28 12
55
50
89 42
32 07
66
22
3
7
40 75
9 38
6 01
11 50
3 34
4 37
4 22
28 40
6 31
7 62
131 20
5° 03
22 22
9 94
95 53
4 3 6
il,Il6 32
LENGTH
IN FEET.
184
I>5 6 9
35
150
150
490
850
55
265
40
230
100
50
500
238
100
120
33°
90
7i
120
40
40
57
420
64
100
738
180
300
5°
500
40
8,266
REPORT OF THE
LEDGE.
March
April. ..:.
May
June
July
August
September
October...
November.
December.
COST.
$ 51
00
807
j8
i,3 l6
29
1,624
3 1
i,59 2
87
1,849
75
1,786
41
1,930
50
1,804
00
376
2 5
$13,138 56
SUNDRY WORK
Sundries
Screening Sand
Sanding Sidewalks . .
Teaming Sand
Repairing Streets
Grading Sidewalks. .
Wind Guards
Repairing Sidewalks.
Lowering Driveways
Painting Bridges
Building Fountain. . .
COST.
$ 873
92
889
21
938
22
843
13
2,875
92
107
01
117
25
200
87
30 97
204
00
146
47
$7,226 97
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
ASPHALT PAVEMENT REPAIRED.
5i
STREET.
Aiken
Gorham..
Hall
REPAIRED BY
Union Paving Co
a a a
AREA IN
YARDS.
COST PER
YARD.
*54-57
123-95
iQ5- 2 3
$2 95
2 95
2 95
383-75
TOTAL
COST.
461 89
345 65
3 J o 43
»i,ii7 97
CREO-RESINATE WOOD PAVEMENT.
STREET.
LOCATION.
SQUARE
YARDS.
COST PER
YARD.
TOTAL
COST.
Aiken
Bridge over Merrimack River
2,652
$2 IO
$4,569 20
PERMITS GRANTED 1904
Sewer Permits Granted
Inspections Made
Street Obstruction Permits Granted
Sewer Permits for Stopped Connections
Building Permits Issued
237
233
102
23
60
52 REPORT OF THE
SEWER CONSTRUCTION.
TABLE SHOWING IN DETAIL COST OF SEWERS CONSTRUCTED IN 1904.
Avon Street Sewer No. i.
Labor $767 18
Sewer Pipe $ 149 27
Cement 8 08
Repairing Water Pipe 6 75
Oil 1 50
Caps. 3 75
Dualin 621
Sharpening Tools 90
Use of Lumber 29 00
Engineering 30 00
Brick 8 75
Castings 1674
Sand 1 00 $261 95 $1,029 13
Avon Street Sewer No. 2.
Labor $114 88
Sewer Pipe $ 2581
Cement 1 08
Engineering 15 ' 00 41 89 $156 77
By Street Sewer.
Labor $1,721 26
Sewer Pipe $ 351 08
Cement 42 00
Oatmeal 325
Dualin 8 28
Caps 2 15
Oil 1 00
Use of Lumber 7 5 00
Sharpening Tools 22 35
Engineering 40 00
Brick 43 75
Castings 60 48
Sand 4 00 $653 34 $2,374 60
Boisvert Street Sewer.
Labor $568 67
Sewer Pipe $ 185 54
Cement 7 56
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. 53
SEWER CONSTRUCTION— Continued.
Boisvert Street Sewer — Continued.
Sharpening Tools '. $2 60
Use of Lumber 44 00
Engineering 15 00
Brick 17 50
Castings 3 2 40
Sand 2 00 $306 60 $875 27
Beaulieu Street Sewer. r
Labor $3,166 91
Sewer Pipe S 216 23
Sharpening Tools 19 95
Coal 7 00
Oatmeal 675
Caps 12 00
Dualin 23 00
Oil 2 50
Repairing 496
Use of Lumber 50 00
Engineering 7 5 00
Cement 7 56
Brick 15 60
Castings p 2808 $46863 $3,63554
Bridge Street Sewer.
Labor $250 93
Engineering $ 15 00
Brick 2 83
Castings 4 05
Sewer Pipe 46 3 1
Cement 1 08
Use of Lumber 1000 $7927 $33020
Colonial Avenue Sewer.
Labor $3,118 54
Cement $ 23 76
Oatmeal 6 50
Oil 200
Dualin n 50
Tar Paper 1 15
Caps 11 28
Sewer Pipe 491 45
54 REPORT OF THE
SEWER CONSTRUCTION- Continued.
Colonial Avenue Sewer — Continued.
Use of Lumber. $ ioo oo
Brick 41 14
Sand 4 00
Use of Water 1 60
Engineering 50 00
Castings ■ 70 74 $815 12 $3,933 66
Dana Street Sewer.
Labor $941 98
Sewer Pipe $ 55 42
Sharpening Tools 17 95
Use of Lumber 35 00
Engineering 25 00
Cement 14 04
Brick 18 38
Castings 29 16
Sand 2 00 $196 95 $1,138 93
Eaton Street Sewer.
Labor $204 56
Sewer Pipe $ 62 55
Cement 4 99
Brick 8 75 <
Castings 14 58
Use of Lumber 15 00
Engineering 5 00 $110 87 $315 46
Forrest and Stevens Streets Sewer.
Labor $29,058 14
Engineering $ 200 00
Sewer Pipe 1,353 88
Oil 15 00
Sharpening Tools 138 85
Oatmeal 46 5c
Brick 2,848 41
Teaming 703 50
Lumber 1,50931
Cement 1,200 29
Tar Paper 3 45
Sand in 00
Caps 2 50
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. 55
SEWER CONSTRUCTION— Continued.
Forrest and Stevens Streets Sewer — Continued.
Dualin $ 3 68
Rubber Boots 10 50
Castings 93 9°
Iron Pipe 75 41
Repairing Pipe 1530 $8,33154 $37,38968
Genoa and Bodwell Avenues Sewer.
Labor $1,680 13
Sewer Pipe $62 1 70
Oil 1 00
Sharpening Tools 2 40
Dualin 230
Caps 187
Oatmeal 6 50
Use of Lumber 144 00
Engineering 3 5 00
Castings 104 22
Cement 59 5°
Brick 9554 $1,07403 $2,75416
Highland Avenue Sewer.
■■&
Labor $1,291 55
Sewer Pipe $290 16
Oil 50
Use of Lumber 66 00
Sand 4 00
Engineering 30 00 .
Cement 18 60
Brick 27 13
Castings 59 40 $495 79 $1,787 34
Hildreth Street Sewer.
Labor $825 69
Sewer Pipe $113 74
Sharpening Tools 13 65
Oil 1 50
Oatmeal 5 05
Use of Lumber 28 00
Engineering 25 00
5^ REPORT OF THE
SEWER CONSTRUCTION— Continued.
Hildreth Street Sewer — Continued.
Sand $ 2 oo
Cement 14 04
Brick 20 13
Castings 31 32 $254 43 $1,080 12
Lipton Street Sewer.
Labor $247 55
Sewer Pipe $ 75 37
Cement 875
on t 50
Sharpening Tools 1 20
Use of Lumber 18 00
Engineering 15 00
Brick 10 69
Castings 16 74
Sand 1 00 $147 25 $394 80
Riverside Street Sewer.
Labor $2,439 61
Sewer Pipe $402 77
Coal 42 02
Oil 4 00
Sharpening Tools 1 20
Dualin 30 82
Caps 5 62
Use of Lumber 91 00
Use of Water 7 34
Engineering 45 00
Cement 37 65
Brick 39 39
Sand 6 00
Castings 70 74 $783 55 $3,223 16
Short Street Sewer.
Labor $276 01
Sewer Pipe $136 95
Sharpening Tools 1 60
Oil 50
Use of Lumber 31 00
Engineering 10 00
Cement 9 83
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. 57
SEWER CONSTRUCTION— Continued.
Short Street Sewer — Continued.
Brick $ 17 50
Sand 2 00
Castings 27 oo $236 38 $512 39
Staples Street Sewer.
Labor $490 49
Sewer Pipe $118 58
Use of Lumber 28 00
Engineering 20 00
Cement 8 90
Castings 17 82
Brick 8 75
Sand 1 00 $203 05 $693 54
Stronquist Avenue Sewer.
Labor $20,783 38
Land Damage $ 7 10 00
Brick 1,737 24
Teaming 500 00
Sand 26 25
Cement 1,246 10
Iron Pipe 1,368 56
Oil 11 00
Castings 80 83.
Sewer Pipe 10 77
Engineering 13265 $5,82340 $26,60678
Sanders Avenue Sewer.
Labor $1,182 32
Engineering $ 30 00
Sewer Pipe 162 70
Use of Lumber 35 00
Cement 1482
Castings 30 24
Brick 14 18 $28694 $1,46926
Stevens, West Forrest and Clifford Streets.
Labor $9,591 51
Engineering $75 00
Cement 219 24
58 REPORT OF THE
SEWER CONSTRUCTION— Continued.
Stevens, West Forrest and Clifford Streets — Continued.
Sand $1 2 00
Brick 119 36
Sewer Pipe 1 ,001 57
Teaming 9 00
Castings 123 66 $1,559 83 $11,151 34
Westford Street Sewer.
Labor $1,159 94
Oil $2 50
Caps 7 50
Dualin 16 79
Sharpening Tools 8 60
Use of Lumber 50 00
Use of Water 155
Engineering. 45 00
Castings 30 24
Sand 4 00
Sewer Pipe 12302
Cement 17 50
Brick 19 79 $326 49 $1,486 43
West Sixth Street Sewer.
Labor $876 63
Sewer Pipe $218 67
Oil 1 00
Dualin 4 60
Caps 1 87
Use of Lumber 40 00
Engineering 30 00
Sharpening Tools I 9 I 5
Sand 2 00
Castings 27 00 ,
Cement 10 50
Brick 26 25 $381 04 $1,257 67
White Street Sewer.
Labor $3,820 12
Sacks $ 8 00
Engineering 148 00
Cement 541 18
Teaming 13 00
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. 59
SEWER CONSTRUCTION— Continued.
White Street Sewer — Continued.
Coal $ 58 93
Sand 3 00
Iron Pipe *, l 5 2 2 9
Caps 3 00
Rubber Boots 550
Dualin 138
Oil 2 50
Oatmeal 6 75
Sharpening Tools 24 00
Granite Blocks 224 20 $2,191 73 $6,011 85
Woodcock Street Sewer.
Labor $774 73
Sewer Pipe $99 03
Use of Lumber 28. 00
Engineering 20 00
Cement 1 1 06
Sand 1 00
Brick 8 75
Castings 14 58 S182 42 $957 15
Wood Street Sewer.
Labor $204 34
Engineering $18 00
Oil 50
Sewer Pipe 163 70
Use of Lumber 20 00
Cement 4 32
Castings 27 00
Brick 1063 $24415 $44849
$111,013 72
Oo REPORT OF THE
REPAIRS OF SEWERS.
.. .i . ,
Table Showing Sewers Repaired i\ 1904.
( rorham Street Sewer.
Labor $ 1 7 5 60
Cement $525
Brick 10 98
Castings 16 74 $3297 $20857
C;mton Street Sewer.
Labor $301 35
Cement $ 7 56
Brick 8 75
Sewer Pipe <Sy 50
Engineering S 00 $111 Si $413 16
East Merrimack Street Sewer.
Labor $1,486 86
Engineering $56 00
Sewer Pipe 356 44
Cement 25 47
Brick 38 50
Castings 40 50 $51691 $2,003 77
City Hall Avenue Sewer.
Labor $1,042 17
Engineering $42 00
Sewer Pipe 104 79
Cement 10 91
Brick 28 3<>
Castings 13 50
Oil 2 00 $201 56 $1,243 73
John Street Avenue Sewer.
Labor $91 42
Brick $ 8.75
Cement ' 3 82
Castings 54
Sewer Pipe 1 90 $1501 $10643
Market Street Sewer.
Labor.. $88 87 $88 87
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. 6 I
REPAIRS OF SEWERS— Continued.
VVhittier's Mill Sewer.
Labor $203 82
Brick. $27 50
Cement % . 10 65
Iron Pipe 26 00
Engineering 20 50 $84 65 $288 47
$4,353 °°
62
REPORT OF THE
STREET CATCH BASINS BUILT DURING THE YEAR 1904
NOTE. — Catch Basins marked thus * were rebuilt.
STREET.
Abbott
*Ash
*Ash
*Bartlett
*Bartlett
*Bartlett
*Bartlett
*Bartlett
*Bartlett
Bellevue
Bertram
♦Central
♦Central
♦Chelmsford...
♦Chestnut
♦Chestnut
*Citv Avenue..
Cumberland
Road
*E. Merrimack
*E. Merrimack
*E. Merrimack
♦Elliott
♦Elliott
Emery
Essex
Essex
Essex
Exeter
Exeter
Fifth Ave....
Forrest
Forrest
Grace
Grace
Hawthorn
Highland Ave.
Holvrood Ave.
LOCATION.
N. side 30.2 ft. W. of W. side Lawrence St,
E. side 12.7 ft. S. of S. side E. Merrimack St,
W. side 14.7 ft. S. of S. side E. Merrimack St,
S. side 13 ft. W. of W. side Alder St
N. side 5.7 ft. W. of W. side Alder St
N. side 192.6 ft. W. of W. side Alder St
N. side 313.7 ft. W. of W. side Alder St
N. side 480 ft. W. of W. side Alder St
N. side 10 ft. E. of E. side Alder St
E. side 6.5 ft. N. of N. side Thayer St
S. side 6.5 ft. E. of E. side Georgia Ave
E. side 8.7 ft. S. of S. side Williams St
E. side 24.4 ft. S. of S. side Hurd St
W. side 100 ft. N. of intersection Powell St. .
N. side 14 ft. E. of E. side Willow St
S. side 6.5 ft. E. of E. side Willow St
Middle 61.6 ft. W. of W. side Palmer St
E. side 7 ft. N. of N. side Ludlam St
S. side 3.5 ft. W. of E. side Ash St
N. side on line W. side James Court
S. side 2.5 ft. W. of E. side Fayette St
E. side 9.2 ft. S. of S. side Middlesex St
W. side 8.2 ft. S. of S. side Middlesex St
S. side 15.5 ft. W. from stone bound at angle
W. side 6.0 ft. N. of N. side Leeds St
W. side 48.0 ft. N. of N. side Hovey Ave
E. side 27.5 ft. N. of intersection Aiken Ave.
W. side 13 ft. N. of N. side West Sixth St. .
E. side 1 ft. N. of N. side West Sixth St
N. side 4.6 ft. E. of E. side Dumfey St
N. side 130.5 ft. W. of W. side Lipton St. .
S. side 130.5 ft. W. of W. side Lipton St
W. side 7.2 ft. N. of N side Burgess St
E. side 6 ft. N. of N. side of Burgess St
E. si,de 8 ft. S. of S. side Pine St
E. side 988 ft. S. of S. side Pine St
E. side 14.8 ft. S. of S. side Hovey St
COST.
$ 48 25
46 13
46 45
41 76
40 17
57 32
51 60
43 13
5i 7o
55 76
5i 77
49 35
47 35
51 61
45 03'
45 03
5 2 59
47 02
12 33
45 82
57 IO
38 64
33 ° 2
69 64
47 °4
5 1 55
53 75
49 OI
5 6 H
57 59
5 2 45
50 01
54 43
56 12
44 48
58 35
45 *3
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
63
STREET CATCH BASINS BUILT DURING THE YEAR 1904.
Note. — Catch Basins marked thus * were rebuilt. — Continued.
Holyrood Ave.
*Lakeview
Ave
*Lee
Leroy
Lipton
Livingston
Livingston
Main
Meadowcroft .
^Middlesex....
Norcross
Xorcross
Norcross
Norcross
Otis
Parker
Parker
Pine
Riverside
Sanders Ave..
Sutherland
Stevens
Stevens
Stevens
Stevens
Stevens
Stevens
Third Ave....
Tanner
Walden
YVestford
W. side 8 ft. S. of S. side Hovey St
N. side 15 ft. W. of W. side Exeter St. . '. . . .
N. side 12 ft. W. of W. side John St
S. side 10 ft. E. of E. side Loring St
W. side at intersection Midland St
E. side 8.6 ft. N. of N. side Carter St
W. side at intersection Carter St
E. side 8 ft. N. of N. side Plain St
W. side 5.5 ft. N. of N. side Boston & Maine
R. R
N. side 3.4 ft. E. of W. side Baldwin St
S. side 7 ft. E. of E. side Stevens St
N. side 5 ft. E. of E. side Stevens St
S. side 185 ft. E. of W. side South Wilder St.
N. side 185 ft. E. of W. side South Wilder St.
E. side at intersection Otis St
N. side 2.5 ft. W. of W. side Stevens St
S. side 5 ft. W. of W. side Stevens St
N. side 5 ft. W. of W. side Hawthorn St
N. side at intersection Mount Hope St
W. side 6.5 ft. S. of S. side Pine St
S. side 7 ft. W. of W. side Barker Ave
W. side 147 ft. N. of stone bound N. line
I C. T. Killpatrick
E. side 293 ft. N. of stone bound N. line
C. T. Killpatrick
W. side 497 ft. N. of stone bound N. line
C. T. Killpatrick
E. side 727 ft. N. of stone bound N. line
C. T. Killpatrick
W. side 551 ft. at angle S. of S. side Parker St.
E. side 550 ft. at angle S. of S. side Parker St.
S. side 317 ft. W. of W. side Mammoth Road
E. side 51.5 ft. S. of S. side Howard St
N. side 6 ft. W. of W. side Oakland St
Track 13.5 ft. W. of W. side Dartmouth St.
$46 47
51 86
23 76
45 57
5 1 79
48 98
44 66
42 71
42 35
54 36
53 2 °
54 27
47 62
46 45
5i 3 1
61 61
45 87
58 86
60 66
51 21
5i 54
72 47
45 47
43 69
45 05
48 38
41 79
53 1 &
77 87
46 74
23 50
6 4
REPORT OF THE
STREET CATCH BASINS BUILT DURING THE YEAR 1904.
Note. — Catch Basins marked thus * were rebuilt. — Continued.
STREET.
Westford
Westford
Westford
Worthen .
Worthen .
Worthen.
Worthen .
location.
Track 4.7 ft. E. of E. side Tyler Park West
So. Track 0.5 ft. E. of E. side Osgood St
No. Track 1 ft. W. of E. side Osgood St
W. side 10.5 ft. S. of S. side Broadway.
E. side 11 ft. S. of S. side Broadway
W. side 36.5 ft. N. of N. side Kitson St
E. side 7.5 ft. N. of N. side Kitson St. .
COST.
$31 25
23 04
24 05
63 64
123 40
64 10
136 39
$3> 8 °4 3 2
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